Category: Curating

• Twenty Pound Spectacle: Brett Bailey (Exhibit B)

  The following article written by art historian Yvette Greslé presents a very detailed, beautifully written and carefully considered critique of Brett Bailey’s ‘Exhibit B’ project – which also (in turn) cites curator and academic Okwui Enwezor’s well-informed words of wisdom: “Despite the sincerity of the artists who have brazenly maintained a relationship in their work with…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  September 12, 2014

  Curating, Exhibitions, Racism, South Africa

  ‘Human Zoo’, Boycott, Exhibit B, Okwui Enwezor, Stereotyping, Yvette Greslé

• Return of the Rudeboy: Ska, Swagger and ‘Sapologie’ at Somerset House

  

  After reading Sean O’Hagan’s thought-provoking preview of the ‘Return of the Rudeboy’ exhibition at Somerset House in London – titled, ‘Rude Boys: Shanty Town to Savile Row’ (The Guardian/Observer, 24th May 2014) – I placed this event quite high on my list of top 10 “must see” summer showcases, and managed to get along to…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 31, 2014

  Caribbean Diaspora, Curating, Curatorship, Diasporas, Exhibition Review, Exhibitions, Fashion, London, United Kingdom

  Baudouin Mouanda, Brazzaville, Carol Tulloch, Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, CNHI, Dandyism, Fashion, Kinshasa, Les Sapeurs, London, Michael McMillan, Monica L. Miller, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, Robyn Orlin, Rudeboy, Rudegirl, Sapologie, Ska, Somerset House, Sound System

• Reflections on the legacies of ‘Statues Also Die’ (Présence Africaine, 1953) re. the museums sector in France today

  

  Earlier this year an article by Tom Devriendt was posted to the online discussion forum ‘Africa is a Country’ to commemorate the life and work of French filmmaker Alain Resnais (1922-2014), who passed away on 1st March  (Devriendt, 2014). The central focus of this piece was to celebrate the achievements of Resnais and his co-director Chris Marker…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 27, 2014

  Art, Contemporary African Art, Contemporary Art, Curatorship, Exhibitions, Film, France, Museology, Museums, Paris

  Africa, Africa Remix, African art, Alain Resnais, Chéri Samba, Chris Marker, Ciprien Tokoudagba, Jean-Hubert Martin, Magiciens de la Terre, Négritude, Présence Africaine, Samuel Fosso, Simon Njami, Twins Seven Seven, William Fagg, Willie Bester, Yinka Shonibare

• An interview with Professor Eddie Chambers – re. his new book, ‘Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present’ (IB Tauris, 2014)

  

  On 2nd July I had the privilege of interviewing the artist, curator and art historian Professor Eddie Chambers while he was here in the UK to launch and promote his new book, Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present (IB Tauris, 2014). We met at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, where his installation piece…

  Carol Ann Dixon

  August 18, 2014

  Art, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Caribbean Art, Curatorship, Interviews

  Black British Artists, Eddie Chambers, Frank Bowling, Ikon Gallery, Keith Piper, Yinka Shonibare