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Black Britannia – John Ferguson | |
The International Slavery Museum hosts this groundbreaking exhibition of portrait photographs by John Ferguson, one of Britain's most talented Black photographers. Black Britannia focuses on Africans, and those of African descent, who have achieved success in contemporary Britain. Like many Black people throughout history, they have overcome racism and discrimination, twin legacies of transatlantic slavery. This exhibition pays homage to their resilience and inspirational qualities. More... | |
International Slavery Museum Dock Traffic Office Albert Dock Liverpool L3 4AX Tel: 0151 478 4499 |
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Growing Up Black – Dennis Morris |
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Former Hackney resident Dennis Morris is a celebrated photographer whose photos of Bob Marley, the Sex Pistols, Grace Jones, Marianne Faithful, Tricky and many more have become iconic images seen around the world. Dennis first discovered photography as a young boy living in Dalston during the 1960s, when a photography club was set up at his local church. Dennis' quickly developed a love of the art and his first professional photograph appeared on the front of the Daily Mirror when he was aged just 11. From there his hobby became a vocation. He had intended to become a photojournalist, but eventually went onto become one of the world's leading music photographers with a career spanning over 40 years. Remembering where it all started for him, Dennis has decided to donate two collections from his early work to Hackney Museum, one of which is titled Growing up Black. The collection documents West Indian culture in Hackney during the late 1960s and 1970s - when Dennis was still a teenager. The photos reveal the living conditions, youth culture, fashion and music, as seen by Dennis at family occasions, christenings, parties and clubs, at home, on the streets or in church. He travels extensively around the world working and lecturing and whenever he returns to London, is alarmed by the levels of crime he hears about in the news. He wants Growing up Black to serve as a way of showing young people how hard life really was in previous generations for the West Indian community. Museum... | |
Hackney Museum Ground Floor Technology & learning centre 1 Reading Lane London E8 1GU Tel: 020 8356 3500 |  |
Chris Ofili | |
Chris Ofili’s intensely coloured and intricately ornamented paintings are on show at Tate Britain in a major survey of the artist’s career that brings together over 45 paintings, as well as pencil drawings and watercolours from the mid 1990s to today. One of the most acclaimed British painters of his generation, Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and represented Great Britain at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. More... | |
Tate Britain Millbank London SW1P 4RG Tel: 020 7887 8888 |
 Photo: Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin |
Cuban Stories | |
Three photographers come together to celebrate and explore life in Cuba, from its resilient, creative people to its painted propaganda, crumbling architecture and vibrant street life. Angel explores the relationship between people and place. Helena’s black and white images capture the Cuba of 2009, Claire recently made a 5000-kilometre road trip round Cuba, in the process capturing striking propaganda images that adorn walls, billboards, workplaces and roadside hoardings across the cities and fields. More... | |
Rich Mix 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA Tel: 020 7613 7498 Admission Free |
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Progress Reports: art in an era of diversity | |
A multi-voiced exhibition that explores “cultural diversity”, reflecting the times we live in and changes to the social and cultural landscape since Iniva was founded 15 years ago. Manick Govinda from Artsadmin, Sally Lai from the Chinese Arts Centre and artist Zarina Bhimji selected the artists. Oreet Ashery and Larissa Sansour show new graphic work; their bold mixture of art, politics, games, sci-fi and storytelling rebels against the stereotypes of the Middle East. Ashery is from Israel and Sansour from Palestine. Artist Sanford Biggers’ sculptures blend contemporary hip-hop expressions with Eastern Spiritualism, he presents a breakdance floor modelled on a Buddhist mandala. Filmmaker and scholar Karen Alexander and filmmaker Campbell select screenings by artists such as Kara Walker whose provocative films retell narratives around slavery and domination. In the film Kanku Ragu Hetain Patel realigns his body in relationship to nationhood. Harold Offeh shows work humorously re-interpreting Hollywood media representations of the asexual mammy figure. More... | |
Iniva Rivington Place London EC2A 3BA Tel: 020 7729 9616 Admission Free |
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Aubrey Williams: Now and Coming Time | |
Born, in 1926, in Georgetown, Guyana, Aubrey Williams remains one of the great enigmas of twentieth-century painting. He can be seen as a colossus, bestriding the Atlantic, with feet firmly planted in two very different worlds. Yet his brilliant career remains unknown to many, unacknowledged by all but the most insightful of art critics and art historians.More... | |
The October Gallery 24 Old Gloucester Street London WC1N 3Al Tel: 020 7242 7367 |
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Late at Tate Britain: Afrodizzia | |
Enter a micro-world of music, performance and debate inspired by Chris Ofili. Blacktronica's Charlie Dark presents School of Dark with Andreya Triani and The Speaker's Corner Quartet. Also Bonnie Greer, Cleveland Watkiss, Larry Achiampong, films selected by Ofili, a fashion show and a panel discussion.More... | |
Tate Britain Millbank London SW1P 4RG Tel: 020 7887 8888 Admission Free |
 Photo: Courtesy Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
Grace Ndiritu | |
Artist Grace Ndiritu works at the intersection of film and performance. This talk and gallery visit uses performance video art from her Still Life and Responsible Tourism series to dialogue with paintings from the Orientalism movement and Henri Matisse, examining how these works influenced Western ideas of Africa in the late nineteenth century. More... | |
Tate Britain - Duffield Room Tate Britain Millbank London SW1P 4RG Tel: 020 7887 8888 £5 (£4 concessions), booking recommended |
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