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Poster The Culture Show - Season 18 Episode 2 : Episode 2: Who Are You Calling an African Artist? 2010

The Culture Show - Season 18 Episode 2 : Episode 2: Who Are You Calling an African Artist? 2010

This summer, Tate Modern has opened its doors to Africa, dedicating an entire wing to two of the most important artists working today: 82-year-old visionary modernist Ibrahim El-Salahi and contemporary free-thinker Meschac Gaba. Writer and curator Morgan Quaintance discovers their extraordinary personal stories, and a struggle for recognition that spans six decades. Studying at the Slade in the 1950s, Ibrahim El-Salahi returned home with a crate full of modern art, to meet a stony faced public in Sudan. Reconciling the language of modernism with the culture of his heritage, he found a powerful new way to express the dreams and ambitions of African independence. It was to lead to imprisonment, exile and eventually freedom.

  • Released: Jan 01, 1970
  • Runtime: 00:60:50 minutes
  • Genre: News, Documentary
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  • Network: BBC Two
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