Jamaican Art at National Gallery
Jamaican Art on display at the National Gallery of Cayman Islands
BY PROFFICER ⋅ From Institute of Jamaica
The National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) is presently exhibiting a collection of Jamaican art, Jamaican Art from the 1960s and 1970s, at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, in Grand Cayman.
The exhibition opened on Friday, March 21 to an enthusiastic capacity audience and will run until May, 15, 2014. This exhibition signals the second Jamaican exhibition in the Cayman Islands that has been brokered between the two country’s national galleries. The first one, an exhibition of contemporary Jamaican art, was held in 2004.
The present exhibition examines Jamaican art from around the time of Jamaica’s Independence in 1962 to the politically eventful 1970s – one of the most culturally dynamic periods in Jamaican history. It consists of 30 works from the National Gallery of Jamaica Collection and two works from Cayman-based collections of Jamaican art.
Featured pieces include later works by artists who were already established at the time, such as, Edna Manley, Alvin Marriott, Albert Huie, David Pottinger and Carl Abrahams. There are also pieces from younger artists who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, such as, Barrington Watson, Eugene Hyde, Karl Parboosingh, Osmond Watson, Judy Ann MacMillan, Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds, Everald Brown, Gaston Tabois, Hope Brooks, George Rodney and Winston Patrick. The works were selected by Dr. Veerle Poupeye, NGJ Executive Director and O’Neil Lawrence, NGJ Acting Senior Curator.
“The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands is delighted to host Jamaican Art: 1960s and 1970s form the collection of the National Gallery of Jamaica,” says Natalie Urquhart, Director, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI).
“This exhibition marks an important international collaboration between NGCI and NGJ, and it is an opportunity to reflect and celebrate the long-standing social, cultural and economic relationships between our two countries,” Natalie continued.
The exhibition, which is one of several planned exchanges between the two national galleries, also reflects NGJ’s thrust towards greater regional engagement and visibility.
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