The Other Story and the Past Imperfect
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Fisher, Jean
Date published
2009
Abstract
The Other Story, 1989, the first retrospective exhibition of British African, Caribbean and Asian modernism, was received with derision and acclaim in equal measure. The paper discusses the roots of the controversy in Britain’s imperialist attitudes to race, nationalism and internationalism, the exhibition’s contribution to the erosion of ethnic barriers in the art establishment and its role in opening up a cosmopolitan perspective on British diasporan art.
Journal title
Tate Papers
Issue
12
Publisher
Tate
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
1753-9854
Rights statement
In Copyright