Devoting particular attention to African-American arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York celebrates the artistic movement born of the Great Migration, during which millions of black individuals moved from the south to the northern regions iet western United States during the first half of the twentieth century.
From next February, this emblematic global institution will exhibit 160 pieces of modern art, from prestigious black universities, cultural centers and foundations.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (MET) “groundbreaking” initiative to feature 160 works of modern art from historic black universities, art centers and foundations, has been dubbed “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism”. This project offers an exhaustive vision of the very first international modern art movement initiated by African-American artists. It aims to represent “the modern daily life of new black neighborhoods like Harlem in New York and South Side in Chicago in the 1920s-1940s”according to an official press release from the MET.
This period in the United States coincides with the beginnings of the Great Afro-American Migration, extending, according to some historians, from 1910 to 1970. It bears witness to the journey of nearly six million individuals fleeing the Southern States, still marked by racial segregation, in search of freedom, equality, and an improved living environment in the metropolises of the North and West.
Highlighting the relevance of this exhibition, Met CEO Max Hollein said: “With portraits, scenes of city life and nightlife, by major artists of the time, this exhibition highlights the central role of the ‘Harlem Renaissance’ movement to shape the modern black subject and even early 20th century modern art. »
Celebrated artists include Charles Alston, Miguel Covarrubias, Aaron Douglas, Meta Warrick Fuller, William H. Johnson, Archibald Motley, Jr., Winold Reiss, Augusta Savage, James Van Der Zee, and Laura Wheeler Waring. The exhibition will also juxtapose works by African American artists who have lived in Europe with portraits of African individuals by European masters such as Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Germaine Casse, Kees Van Dongen, Jacob Epstein and Ronald Moody.
2023-08-26 15:28:38
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