Alfred Conteh is a painter and sculptor who explores his identity and personal history from a number of different perspectives.
Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation, a new exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, highlights seven artists’ works of Black freedom, agency and the legacy of the Civil War through a modern lens. Commemorating the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation through sculpture, photography and paper and textile fabrications, the instillations react to the legacy of John Quincy Adams Ward’s 1863 bronze sculpture The Freedman from the Carter collection. Co-organized with the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), the exhibition seeks a deeper understanding of what freedom looks like for Black Americans 160 years later and demonstrates how historical art collections can be a resource and inspiration for contemporary artistic practices.
Emancipation will be on view at the Carter through July 9, 2023, before traveling to Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, WCMA and Telfair Museums.
