PETER MASON applauds the revival, 39 years later with the same team and cast, of Manfred Karge’s version of Brecht’s 100-year-old play, Mann Ist Mann
Windows open into the Caribbean-British soul
JENNY MITCHELL urges everyone who can to visit an exhibition that tells the complex story of the interplay and interdependence between the Caribbean diaspora and Britain over the last 70 years
(L to R) Tam Joseph, The Spirit of the Carnival 1982; Paul Dash Self-portrait 1979
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New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a fearless attempt to bring to the stage the 1984 toxic gas disaster in Bhopal, India
ALEX HALL applauds the account of a dogged, traumatic and punishing campaign for justice that has lasted from 1998 to the present day
NICK WRIGHT laments the political bias of an epic attempt to tell the history of the liberation of France from the Nazis, that excludes both the decisive contribution of the Soviet Red Army, and of the French communist party itself
Life Between Islands
Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now
Tate Britain
I HAVE to start this review of a fantastic exhibition by acknowledging I write as a poet and not an art expert.
Having said that, I was filled with admiration for the curators who have managed to assemble an impressive body of work, ranging from sculptures to paintings, installations to photographs. These all help to tell the complex story of the interplay and interdependence that has been created between the Caribbean diaspora and Britain over the last 70 years.
If I have one complaint it’s that there is so much amazing work it’s impossible to take it all in during one visit. Not a bad criticism to make.
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