mapping black identities

Frank Bowling

From your colleague Jean London, an article exploring the work of Frank Bowling:

Non-Synchronous Cartographies: Frank Bowling’s Map Paintings

And here is a short video from the Tate:

Frank Bowling: From figuration to abstraction

Rotation in Mapping Black Identities

Video of the gallery training: Mapping Black Identities 1.30.20

Additional research notes and materials from Curator Keisha Williams:

MBI Rotation 2 Material for Docents

Link to information on True Blue Plantation, connected to Adebuni Gbadebo’s History Paper series. Also, here is the link to the golf course that occupies the site of the plantation today.

Please note all materials from the first training in February 2019 are available via this link.

How to Paint Like Frank Bowling

From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a great short video from the Tate on artist Frank Bowling:

How to Paint Like Frank Bowling

Frank Bowling

From Ann Isaacson, an article about the current demand for Frank Bowling’s work:

After Decades of ‘Appalling’ Institutional Neglect, Museums Are Now Clamoring for Artist Frank Bowling’s Work

Mapping Black Identities training and resource page

Mapping Black Identities Rotation 2 Material 2020 – Artist information

Here is a link to the recorded training session by the Contemporary curatorial staff on Mapping Black Identities,on February 7, 2019:

Mapping Black Identities

Please note that at the start, the sound quality is poor. If you are able to listen to it with headphones, turned to the highest, you should be able to hear it.

Here is the lecture PowerPoint:

Mapping Black Identities Presentation_training pdf

Here is the updated checklist of objects in the exhibition:

Mapping Black Identities Checklist

Here are the labels for the objects:

Mapping Black Identities Labels PDF – Press

Here are resources on the films showing in the Black Box:

Mapping Black Identities- 3 Films Presentation Notes and Resources

This is a MPR story on the exhibition:

Black Identities exhibit marks cultural shift for Mia

From our curatorial staff comes a wealth of research documents on the artists represented in the exhibition, linked here below:

Charles Gaines Supporting Docs