Juliette Goddard with some of her "Choices" work
Adjani's "Rescuing of the Supermodel" on show at the Barge House
The Barge house, where the exhibition takes place until 25 September 2011, is situated behind the OXO Tower on the banks of the River Thames; meat was once delivered by barge and passed through the loading bays into cold stores, then processed and packed. Displayed with the Artist’s and designers work, the Barge house resembled a down town New York Loft or warehouse stuffed to the 4th floor with some very exciting work. In the lead up to Black History month Karin-Beate Phillips has worked very hard with the British European Design group and the African & African –Caribbean design Diaspora to present the very first springboard for Black Artist and designers in the UK.
The vision “A choice to remember” comes from the history of Harvard graduate Carter Godwin Woodson. Born in 1875 in New Canton Virginia as one of nine children, he was convinced that the role of his own people in American history and the history of other cultures was being ignored and devoted his life to historical research to preserve the history of African Americans. Karin has taken the inspiration from the Father’s of Black History to create a vision for the future of Black Artists and designers, and established this exhibition as a starting point to widen awareness of powerful African and African-Carribean art and design that is currently at best undervalued but mostly not recognised. The raw beauty of the atmosphere created in the Barge house lends itself to the multi-disciplinary mixed media photography, textiles, fashion, furniture and Fine Arts on display and will run alongside other events. New York and Caribbean based ARC art magazine editor Holly Bynoe sums it up:”until now, this creative community was completely neglected and I had to come to London for this as it is exciting to experience someone creating this new platform and actually collate and put on display some of the best talents in the field.”
This exhibition is open Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, 9 Sept – 25 Sept 2011,
