Caribbean artists
BREATHE INTO THE PAST: CROSSCURRENTS IN THE CARIBBEAN
This exhibition features the work of twelve artists with connections to the Caribbean—including the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, and coastal Colombia.
ATLANTIC WORLD ART FAIR CONGREGA A NUEVE GALERÍAS DEL CARIBE DIRIGIDAS POR MUJERES
Del 1 al 21 de junio se lleva a cabo de forma virtual la primera versión de Atlantic World Art Fair, una iniciativa presentada por la plataforma Artsy que busca replantear la mirada que se tiene del Caribe, desde adentro y en sus propios términos, y que propone al Atlántico como una ruta posible para conectarnos con la riqueza de la variedad de culturas, idiomas y producciones artísticas de este archipiélago insular. Esta es la primera vez que Artsy se enfoca detenidamente en artistas del Caribe.
THE OVERLAPPING IDENTITIES IN ALIA FARID’S RECENT FILMS
Alia Farid’s work explores contemporary urban life against the backdrop of colonial histories in Kuwait and Puerto Rico, where the artist lives and works. Her exhibition at Witte de With presents a newly commissioned film installation, along with her earlier film At the Time of the Ebb (2019). In both films, Farid delves into how group rituals, social ruptures, and individual acts of resistance may admit, escape, alter or reject definition.
Call For Exhibition Curator.caribbean Group Exhibition
The Caribbean Art Initiative, a Swiss-based non-profit organization with a mission to promote international awareness and appreciation for Caribbean art and artists, is hosting an open call for curators from the Caribbean region to help conceptualize and curate a group exhibition in Basel, Switzerland, to showcase the work of artists of the wider Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora.
Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold:a Postcolonial Paradox
«Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold: A Postcolonial Paradox», an exhibition on view at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), looks at the legacy of European colonialism in the Caribbean through the work of ten contemporary artists. Whether connected to the Caribbean by birth or focused on the region by choice, the exhibiting artists use their work as a means of examining the relationship between the power structure, those who are controlled by it, those who benefit from it, and those who actively seek to liberate themselves from it. With roots in a variety of Caribbean countries including the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, participating artists are Firelei Báez, Leonardo Benzant, Andrea Chung, Adler Guerrier, Lucia Hierro, Lavar Munroe, Angel Otero, Ebony G. Patterson, Phillip Thomas, and Didier William.
CARIBBEAN FUTURE. CONVERSATION WITH MARÍA ELENA ORTIZ
Taking into account the number of Caribbean exhibitions focused on past and present histories, «The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art» curated by María Elena Ortiz and Marsha Pearce at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) approaches the Caribbean as an experiment of possibilities based on time. From the question “what might a Caribbean future look like?” fourteen artists were invited to develop works that challenge the imaginary of exuberance, primitivism, sexuality, tropical paradise and catastrophe, that have defined the region. In this interview, we talked with María Elena Ortiz (Puerto Rico, 1984) about her curatorial trajectory, visibility platforms, and Caribbean future in the exhibition context.
Resisting Paradise
Though geographically close, Caribbean artists are often unable to travel and show within the region. Intra-regional exchange is challenged by variations in language and colonial history, while flight routes prioritize the convenience of visitors coming from the United States or Europe, mirroring the migration patterns of many post colonial subjects. «Resisting Paradise» presents an opportunity to establish a much needed regional dialogue. The exhibition features works by Deborah Anzinger, Leasho Johnson and Joiri Minaya, showing how Caribbean artists are taking control of the narratives and images that convey ourselves to others. The artists, hailing from Jamaica and the Dominican Republic and its diasporas, work at the intersections of tourism, sexuality, gender, environmental concern, music, and the internet.