CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN SURREALISM
Organized by Curator María Elena Ortiz, Surrealism and Us at Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth is inspired by the history of Surrealism in the Caribbean with connections to notions of the Afrosurreal in the United States. Representing a global perspective, this exhibition is the first intergenerational show dedicated to Caribbean and African diasporic art presented at the Modern.
Inspired by the essay “1943: Surrealism and Us” by Suzanne Césaire, the presentation includes over 80 artworks from the 1940s to the present day, in a wide range of media such as painting, sculpture, drawing, video, and installation. Centered on the intersection of Caribbean aesthetics, Afrosurrealism, and Afrofuturism, Surrealism and Us explores how Caribbean and Black artists interpreted a modernist movement. Artworks, framed within a pre-existing history of Black resistance and creativity, illustrate how Caribbean and Black artists reinterpreted the European avant-garde for their own purposes.
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Henri-Robert Brésil, “Untitled landscape,” 1978. Acrylic on canvas. 48 × 48 inches overall. Collection of Joyce Christian and Rudolph Green
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Floral mannequin designed by Dr Delphinium Designs; Photography by NorthPark Center
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Dalton Gata, “Jardín para Margarita” (A Garden for Margarita), 2023. Acrylic on cotton-linen canvas. 90 x 70 inches. Courtesy of the Artist and Galería Augustina Ferreyra, Mexico © Dalton Gata, photo by Dalton Gata
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Philippe-Auguste Salnave, “Butterfly Girl,” 1976. Oil on board. 32 x 25 inches overall. Josh Feldstein. © the Salnave Philippe-Auguste Estate
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Hew Locke, “Koh-i-noor,” 2005. Mixed media. 116 x 86 x 25 inches overall. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles Diamond and bequest of Richard J. Kempe. © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / DACS, London, courtesy Hew Locke and P P O W, New York
Artists participating
Allora & Calzadilla, Benny Andrews, Belkis Ayón, Firelei Báez, Romare Bearden, José Bedia, Rigaud Benoit, April Bey, Henri-Robert Brésil, Agustín Cárdenas, Nick Cave, Aimé Césaire, Suzanne Césaire, Myrlande Constant, Eldzier Cortor, Luis Maisonet Crespo, Kim Dacres, Emory Douglas, Préfète Duffaut, Melvin Edwards, Tomás Esson, Minnie Evans, Celestin Faustin, Rafael Ferrer, Paul Gardère, Ja’Tovia Gary, Dalton Gata, Jacques-Enguérrand Gourgue, Stanley Greaves, David Hammons, Hugh Hayden, Hector Hyppolite, Arthur Jafa, Elliot and Erick Jiménez, Wifredo Lam, Simone Leigh, Georges Liautaud, Hew Locke, Che Lovelace, Joyce Mansour, Kerry James Marshall, Roberto Matta, Ana Mendieta, Rene Ménil, Toni Morrison, Wangechi Mutu, Lorraine O’Grady, Zak Ové, Salnave Philippe-Auguste, André Pierre, Naudline Pierre, Bony Ramirez, Kenny Rivero, Betye Saar, Kelly Sinnapah Mary, Hervé Télémaque, Jasmine Thomas-Girvan, Bob Thompson, Kara Walker, Alberta Whittle, Cossette Zeno, and Frantz Zéphirin.
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