In spring 2024—the centennial of the first Surrealist manifesto—the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will present Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940, an exhibition organized by curator Maria Elena Ortiz that will highlight the ways in which the tenets and strategies of Surrealism have been engaged by artists of the African diaspora in the Caribbean and the United States from the 1940s through the present. The exhibition will present over fifty artworks that evoke dreams, spirituality, and the fantastical, while also contextualizing Afrofuturist and Afrosurrealist works within pre-existing narratives of Black creativity and resistance.
Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940
“The Warhol Foundation aims to support the full range of artistic activity in America—from exhibitions at major museums to neighborhood projects by artist collectives. Arts writers, through the range and specialization of their individual interests, touch upon all of this activity—illuminating and interrogating it and bringing it into conversation with the public. Support for artists is not complete without support for the circulation and serious consideration of their ideas. The Arts Writers Grant program keeps artists at the center of cultural dialogue and debate—in our opinion, right where they belong.”
Joel Wachs, President