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Ade Adesina 'The View After The Questions', 2018, Linocut
Exhibition
Black to the Future | A discussion of the Arts Through a Black Cultural Lens
12 Oct 2018 – 8 Dec 2018
Address
- Sir James Matthews Building, Southampton Solent University
- 157-187 Above Bar Street
- Southampton
Hampshire - SO14 7NN
- United Kingdom
As part of Black History Month, Southampton race and diversity consultant, Don John, and Showcase Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of exciting UK artists who are exploring art through a black cultural lens.
About
Dismantling stereotypes, fusing cultures, and imagining futures are ways in which these artists are providing a starting point in the gallery for a range of open and discursive events between October and December about Afrofuturism and how it connects to the city.
From Badu to Barack Obama, through Beyonce and Black Panther, Afrofuturism is making gains into the American mainstream and further afield. How do we connect with this movement? How do these representations speak to us in Southampton? We invite you to imagine how black individuals and communities can defy the norms of documented black histories to spur social change.
Showcase Gallery will host a series of cross disciplinary activities, collaborations, screenings and events. We invite communities to stake a claim in the larger Afrofuturism exhibition project, planned for 2020/21.
Featuring: Ade Adesina, Carleen De Sözer, Harold Offeh and Leyla Reynolds.
