Hew Locke | Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940 | Modern Art Museum Fort Worth

Hales is excited to announce Hew Locke's inclusion Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940 at the Modern Art Museum Fort Worth, through to 28 July 2024. 

 

Organized by Curator María Elena Ortiz, Surrealism and Us 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 Art Museum Fort Worth.

 

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.