You will have the chance to consider work in Tate's collection in the thematic territory of the Black Atlantic. It will draw on American artists Kara Walker, Ellen Gallagher, and Fred Wilson amongst a wide range of artists to understand this work in a global context.
Led by course tutor Adjoa Armah online. Each week will include guest speakers including Adiva Lawrence, Dele Adeyemo, Nydia A. Swaby and Rudy Loewe. It will be discursive and provide an accessible and engaging introduction to the Black Atlantic. This will be animated through the accompanying new mini-series presented by writer and curator Ekow Eshun. With the theme of each week matching those explored in the four-part series. The course will make space to further unpack what the Black Atlantic is, the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the formation of British Identity, Monuments, and hidden histories and how artists in Tate’s collection and beyond are addressing slavery in contemporary practice.
This course is part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Series: New Perspectives and run in partnership with Afterall and the Black Atlantic Museum research project at Central St Martins, University of the Arts London.
