Eye on Art

“Write for yourself!” – This quote is advice from one of my favourite writers – a bold Guyana-man with a heart of gold and lots of righteous indignation.

Embroidered silk and organza over ironing boards with photographic transfers, embroidered cotton sheets, pâte de verre irons and trivets, wooden benches, six projected video tracks by Campos-Pons with stereo sound by Leonard; 336 × 341 in.

Last year on International Women’s Day, the online channel Paris Photo uploaded the following interview which I have transcribed.

For some time now, I have been returning to Suchitra Mattai’s work intrigued by the richly coloured and textured works that evoke the East.

So many thoughts are vying for attention and each is causing a measure of discomfort.

In the Arts Journal in the September prior to his passing, artist, writer, and curator Carl E.

The current posthumous solo exhibition of works by Guyana-born artist Donald Locke (1930-2010) is one any Guyana-based artist or art lover would be overjoyed to see.

The New Year is fast approaching as I type these words.

(Cont’d from 15 December) Akima McPherson (AM): Charlotte and Mal, I have enjoyed sharing this space with you the past two weeks.

(Cont’d from 8 December) “Charlotte [Woolford] and Mal [Woolford] use the early photographic technique wet-plate collodion to make closely observed portraits not as photographer and model but as co-photographers.

“Archival research revealed that [Mal Woolford and Charlotte Woolford] are connected through historic transatlantic chattel slavery.

Guyanese-Jamaican artist, Keith Agard, is hosting ‘The Message of an Artist’, which opened November 16, 2024, at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

From November 6 -16, the Ministry of Education (MoE) for the second consecutive year will host an art exhibition foregrounding the work of students and teachers of Visual Art at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.

Diwali is fast approaching. While sacred for Hindus, it offers visual delights for non-Hindus.

With the final bat to ball and wickets and overs to spare, CPL Cricket 2024 is over.

Although George Simon (d. 2020) has passed on to the realm of the ancestors, it is good to see that his Moving Circle of Artists persists, and judging from their current/recent exhibition, it has expanded to be more reflective of his original vision.

I was around 14 years old when I experienced my first raid at home by members of the state security apparatus.

Born April 28, 1930, Stephanie Helena Correia was the third of nine children born to Umbelina and Stephen Campbell.

COVID closures came and left. With their departure, the doors to art exhibitions opened.

This week I share the Exhibition Overview for the University of Guyana’s Fine Art students’ exhibition Echoes of Resilience currently on at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.