‘Evocations on Caribbean Literature Revisited,’ an exhibition of recent works by artist Ron Savory, opened to the public yesterday at the National Art Gallery, Castellani House.

Savory, who has been practising art for 50 years, emerged as one of the first artists to paint and interpret the interior for the wider public, the Gallery said in a statement, while noting that his interpretations of landscape involved experimentation with materials and methods that made up the response to his subject matter. “…This approach is continued in the current exhibition, where he shows 33 works including 28 ‘Evocations’ inspired by his readings of some of Guyana and the Caribbean’s finest poets and writers: revisiting a theme first presented in an exhibition in Port-of-Spain in 1982,” the statement added.

In addition to the exhibition, Savory will also be presenting two informal lecture/discussion sessions at the Gallery. The sessions would be open to the public but would target the art community. The first session, which is to be held today, between 4pm and 6:30pm, in the exhibition area, will see Savory share his experiences and challenges as a ‘Third World artist,’ and in particular his approach to his subject matter and his materials. During the second session, scheduled for next Wednesday, from 5pm to 7pm, Savory will speak about his life as a ‘Third World’ practitioner over five decades in Guyana, St. Lucia and the wider Caribbean region.

Meanwhile, the exhibition will run until Friday, April 30. Gallery hours are 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and 2pm to 6pm on Saturdays. Admission is free.