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Alfred Conteh in Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Forth Worth, TX

Past exhibition
12 March - 9 July 2023
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Overview
Alfred Conteh, Aura, Acrylic and urethane plastic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist.
Alfred Conteh, Aura, Acrylic and urethane plastic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist.

On view during the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation visualizes what freedom looks like for Black Americans today and the legacy of the Civil War in 2023 and beyond.

 

Highlighting the perspectives of contemporary Black artists, Emancipation features commissioned and recent works by Sadie Barnette, Alfred Conteh, Maya Freelon, Hugh Hayden, Letitia Huckaby, Jeffrey Meris, and Sable Elyse Smith. The seven installations span sculpture, photography, and paper and textile fabrications. The artists responded to John Quincy Adams Ward’s bronze sculpture The Freedman (1863) from the Carter’s collection. Initially sculpted by Ward before the end of the Civil War, the figure is depicted on the cusp of liberation, having ruptured his bonds, though they are still present as a reminder of his enslavement. It is one of the first American depictions of a Black figure cast in bronze, and this specific cast from 1863 is the only copy of its kind with a key that releases a shackle from the figure’s wrist. Supplemented by loans of Civil War materials that further enhance our understanding of past representations of Blackness, Emancipation demonstrates how historical art collections can serve as a resource and inspiration for contemporary artistic practices.

 

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Installation Views
  • Courtesy of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
    Courtesy of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Emancipation 2023 Amon Carter Museum Of American Art 26
  • Emancipation 2023 Amon Carter Museum Of American Art 25
Press
  • Float, 2014, mixed media by Conteh. © Alfred Conteh.

    Alfred Conteh: How This Emancipation Exhibit Came To Life—And Where It’s Going Next

    Carlene Olsen, Interior Design, June 16, 2023
  • Image courtesy of FW Weekly.

    Alfred Conteh: Liberating Art

    Edward Brown, FW Weekly, March 29, 2023
  • Installation view of Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation, image courtesy of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

    Alfred Conteh in Top Five: March 23, 2023

    Glasstire, March 23, 2023
  • Alfred Conteh, A Charge to Keep (left), painting, and Float (left), mixed media, 2014.

    Alfred Conteh: Seven artists confront America's "unfinished emancipation" at the Amon Carter in Fort Worth

    Galilee Abdullah, KERA NEWS, March 16, 2023
  • Alfred Conteh, Float, 2022. Image: courtesy Alfred Conteh.

    Alfred Conteh: 3 ARTISTS FROM 'EMANCIPATION: THE UNFINISHED PROJECT OF LIBERATION' SHARE THEIR WORK

    Ebony, March 13, 2023

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