Fragments of epic memory : [exhibition, Art Gallery of Ontario from September 1, 2021 to February 21, 2022]
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Crooks Julie (1962-....) ; Art gallery of Ontario ;
- ISBN : 978-1-63681-012-6
- Sujets : Art -- Région caraïbe 20e siècle, Art, Artistes, Mémoire collective, HistoireCaribbean Area -- Pictorial works -- ExhibitionsCaribbean Area
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (267 pages), : Illustrations en noir et en couleurs, portraits illustrés en noir et en couleurs, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 27 x 27 cm
- Pays de publication : Canada, États-Unis
Notes
Bibliographie pages 254-255
Résumé
'Contemporary art emerges as a retrospective counterpoint to historical photography from the Caribbean in the 1840s to 1940s, in this critical volume featuring work by prominent artists and writers of Caribbean descent. Shifting depictions of the Caribbean, its people, and its culture are examined in thinking about how histories and memories are constantly revisited, rearticulated, and reimagined. Anchored by an extensive selection of historical Caribbean photographs from the Montgomery Collection at the AGO, Fragments of Epic Memory situates a range of photographs, postcards, daguerreotypes, albums, and ephemera from the period just after emancipation in 1838 within a broader context of visual culture in the Caribbean. Fragments of Epic Memory will include the works of modern and contemporary Caribbean artists such as Wifredo Lam from Cuba, and Frank Bowling and Aubrey Williams from Guyana, who represent the first generation of migrant artists of Caribbean descent. Twenty-first century artists who live in the diaspora, moving between the Caribbean and its diaspora, such as Paul Anthony Smith from Jamaica (based in Brooklyn), Zak Ové from Britain (Trinidad), Nadia Huggins from Trinidad (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), and Sandra Brewster from Guyana (Canada), amongst others, will be highlighted. These artists constitute a conceptual generational bridge and continuum of artistic expression across history, geography, time, and space.'