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SUMMARY:Taft Museum of Art Presents: Signature Talk | Negotiating Authenticity Between Africa and America: Ben Enwonwu and the Harmon Foundation\, 1950–1957
DESCRIPTION:Learn about artist Ben Enwonwu\, his work\, and his impact on the world from Perrin M. Lathrop\, PhD\, the co-curator of African Modernism in America. Event admission includes the opportunity for attendees to view the special exhibition before the talk.\n\nIn 1950\, Ben Enwonwu\, with the help of the Harmon Foundation\, became one of the first modern African artists to travel to the United States. The artist moved between pan-African contexts in Nigeria\, Europe\, and the US as colonialism waned and independence loomed in the decades following World War II. Enwonwu developed a personal narrative around his authenticity as an African artist rooted in his connection to tradition that appealed to an often-imagined idea of Africa then popular among audiences from diverse backgrounds. His successful negotiation of attitudes around African authenticity gave him the platform and language to articulate legacies of shared history and culture on which pan-African solidarity could be built.\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Perrin M. Lathrop\, PhD\n\nSupported by the Stanley and Frances D. Cohen Lecture Series\n\nSponsored by Michael B. Hays and Carol Boram-Hays\, PhD
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:20px\;">Learn about artist Ben Enwonwu\, his work\, and his impact on the world from Perrin M. Lathrop\, PhD\, the co-curator of&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.taftmuseum.org/exhibitions/africanmodernism" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; background: 0px 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; min-height: 1px\; min-width: 1px\; color: rgb(242\, 58\, 48)\; text-decoration-line: none\; cursor: pointer\; box-sizing: border-box\;">African Modernism in America</a>. Event admission includes the opportunity for attendees to view the special exhibition before the talk.</span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:20px\;">In 1950\, Ben Enwonwu\, with the help of the Harmon Foundation\, became one of the first modern African artists to travel to the United States. The artist moved between pan-African contexts in Nigeria\, Europe\, and the US as colonialism waned and independence loomed in the decades following World War II. Enwonwu developed a personal narrative around his authenticity as an African artist rooted in his connection to tradition that appealed to an often-imagined idea of Africa then popular among audiences from diverse backgrounds. His successful negotiation of attitudes around African authenticity gave him the platform and language to articulate legacies of shared history and culture on which pan-African solidarity could be built.<br />\n<br />\nSpeaker: Perrin M. Lathrop\, PhD<br />\nSupported by the Stanley and Frances D. Cohen Lecture Series<br />\nSponsored by Michael B. Hays and Carol Boram-Hays\, PhD</span></p>\n
LOCATION:Taft Museum of Art 316 Pike Street Cincinnati\, OH 45202 Fifth Third Gallery\, Sinton Gallery\, and Taft Historic House open until 6 p.m. | Talk is in Luther Hall 6 7 p.m.
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