[spectre] Uncomfortable Truths - Slave Trade - Contemporary Art, Hull/UK

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:43:51 +0200 (CEST)
From: Christine Meisner <chrmeisner at yahoo.de>
Subject: Uncomfortable Truths



Uncomfortable Truths
The Shadow of Slave Trading on Contemporary Art and
Design at the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Dates: 15 September 2007 - 06 January 2008

Uncomfortable Truths will address the ways in which
the legacy of slavery informs art and design. This
exhibition of new and specifically commissioned work
will commemorate the bicentenary of the Parlimentary
abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, seeking
to reassess the human cost of slavery. The
cross-cultural experience of the trans-cultural
Atlantic slave trade is reflected by the choice of
artists who are from the United States, Britain,
Africa and Europe, including Fred Wilson, Lubaina
Himid, Yinka Shonibare, Romuald Hazoumé and Christine
Meisner.

Exhibition organised by the Victoria & Albert Museum,
London
More venue information on Uncomfortable Truths
website:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/uncomfortable_truths/index.html

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Kingston upon Hull
HU1 3RA
museums at hullcc.gov.uk