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Harlem Renaissance
A day of talks, dance and jazz to celebrate the black cultural revolution
of the Deco years coinciding with V&A's major exhibition Sunday 29
June 2003 To coincide with the V&A's highly successful exhibition,
Art Deco 1910-1939, the V&A looks at the cultural revolution produced
by black people during the Deco days.
The Art Deco
style flourished between the two world wars, an eclectic and exciting
response to the demands of the modern world. Two important centres of
this revolution were Harlem and Paris, where a group of talented black
artists produced an extraordinary body of new work including literature,
music, dance and photography. To celebrate this outpouring of creativity,
the V&A hosts a day of free talks, performances, film shows and events.
There will
be talks, readings of poetry and literature from the period by black writers,
tea dance demonstrations featuring the Charleston, live jazz performances
and film from the Harlem Renaissance.
The line-up
of speakers includes:
Petrine Archer-Straw, author of Negrophilia, on whether black people fulfilled
the role of accessories to the Art Deco phenomenon. Carla Breeze will
discuss the iconic work of Harlem photographer James VanDerZeee.
David A Bailey, co-curator of the exhibition Rhapsodies in Black: Art
of the Harlem Renaissance will look at the impetus behind the Harlem Renaissance
movement. Paul Oliver will look at the response of the Harlem writers
to the jazz music of the period.
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