El anuncio coincide con adquisiciones de obras de Gordon Parks, Kwame Brathwaite y Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
GABRIELLA ANGELETI / 10 de febrero de 2021 / Fuente externa
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/perez-art-museum-miami-replaces-african-american-with-its-endowment-fund-for-black-art-to-revise-restrictive-definition
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Dance in Heat II (2020) Pérez Art Museum Miami
El Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) ha adquirido obras de arte de Kwame Brathwaite, Gordon Parks y Tunji Adeniyi-Jones a través del Fund for Black Art, un fondo patrimonial que anteriormente se titulaba Fund for African American Art que ha sido renombrado para reflejar una definición más precisa. de la diáspora negra en su colección, que incluye artistas de América Latina y el Caribe.
El anuncio fue hecho por el director de PAMM, Franklin Sirmans, durante el octavo beneficio anual del museo (organizado virtualmente este año debido a la pandemia de coronavirus) el 6 de febrero para apoyar el fondo de dotación, que patrocina el museo Jorge M. Pérez y el Knight, con sede en Miami. Fundación lanzada en 2013.
"Los últimos cuatro años, y especialmente las protestas de Black Lives Matter el verano pasado, obviamente han provocado la introspección y provocado miles de conversaciones constructivas", dijo Sirmans a The Art Newspaper. "Si bien la definición del fondo de afroamericano se utilizó ampliamente en el pasado, este cambio reconoce que estamos comprometidos con el arte negro y la diáspora negra a nivel mundial, y que el fondo es un proyecto infinito y no finito".
Las obras adquiridas por PAMM incluyen Sin título (Modelo AJASS sobre fondo negro) (alrededor de la década de 1970; impreso en 2019) del fotógrafo nacido en Brooklyn Kwame Brathwaite; Sin título, Harlem, Nueva York (1963) del fotógrafo nacido en Kansas Gordon Parks, y el cuadro Dance in Heat II (2020) del artista afincado en Brooklyn Tunji Adeniyi-Jones.
Brathwaite y Parks "crean conversaciones sobre el pasado en torno al arte y el activismo", y ambos "encajan en nuestras posesiones en fotografías del siglo XX", mientras que Adeniyi-Jones ofrece un importante "equilibrio generacional" a la adquisición, dice Sirmans.
La exposición Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM's Fund for African American Art (hasta el 1 de marzo), una muestra que se inauguró en febrero del año pasado, presenta algunas de las obras de arte que el museo ha adquirido desde el lanzamiento del fondo, incluidas piezas que se han convertido en piedras angulares de su colección por artistas como Ed Clark, Juana Valdés, Tschabalala Self y Xaviera Simmons.
Pérez Art Museum Miami renames endowment fund for Black art to reflect the wider diaspora
The announcement coincides with acquisitions of works by Gordon Parks, Kwame Brathwaite and Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
GABRIELLA ANGELETI / 8th February 2021 / Fuente externa
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Dance in Heat II (2020) Pérez Art Museum Miami
The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has acquired artworks by Kwame Brathwaite, Gordon Parks and Tunji Adeniyi-Jones through the Fund for Black Art, an endowment fund previously titled the Fund for African American Art that has been renamed to reflect a more accurate definition of the Black diaspora in its collection, which includes artists from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The announcement was made by PAMM’s director, Franklin Sirmans, during the museum’s eighth annual benefit (hosted virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic) on 6 February to support the endowment fund, which museum patron Jorge M. Pérez and the Miami-based Knight Foundation launched in 2013.
“The last four years, and especially the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, have obviously prompted introspection and sparked thousands of constructive conversations,” Sirmans tells The Art Newspaper. “While the fund’s definition of African American was used expansively in the past, this change acknowledges that we are committed to Black art and the Black diaspora on a global level, and that the fund is an infinite and not a finite project.”
The works acquired by PAMM include Untitled (AJASS Model on Black Background) (around 1970s; printed 2019) by the Brooklyn-born photographer Kwame Brathwaite; Untitled, Harlem, New York (1963) by the Kansas-born photographer Gordon Parks, and the painting Dance in Heat II (2020) by the Brooklyn-based artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones.
Brathwaite and Parks both “create conversations about the past around art and activism”, and both “fit into our holdings in 20th-century photographs”, while Adeniyi-Jones offers an important “generational balance” to the acquisition, Sirmans says.
The exhibition Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM’s Fund for African American Art (until 1 March)—a show that opened in February last year—features some of the artworks the museum has acquired since launching the fund, including pieces that have become cornerstones of its collection by artists like Ed Clark, Juana Valdes, Tschabalala Self and Xaviera Simmons.
