This imaginative book throws new light on the closing years of Caribbean slavery and the lives of enslaved people of African descent before emancipation in Trinidad in 1834. The book centres on the drawings of plantation life by Richard Bridgens, an English-born artist who became a planter and slaveholder in Trinidad, and examines these in […]…
I finally made my way to 101 Art Gallery to peep their exciting exhibition of the works of Dunieski Lora Pileta, “Ayo” Joy Phillip and Alexander Guerrero. Thank God I did because it ends today. My fave was Dunieski, his Bois Cano Angel in bronze is featured in the above photograph. His series of moko…
Just a note. The gallery closes at 4pm, not 5 as the invitation states. The exhibition runs until October 1st. Check it out!
On Friday I got to see Michel-Jean Cazabon’s paintings for the first time. I mean his actual paintings, not prints in a book, his hardwork was before me and it was an experience. Because I was there for work I didn’t get to take them in the way I’d want to, so I’ll have to…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BFSoJsfVEQ?rel=0] YUMA’s 2017 presentation The Origins launches August 6th.