Eye on Art

Chatting with an artist friend resident across the ocean: Friend: What do you know of the museum that is being built?

Just over one week ago on March 8, Guyana-born artist and photographer Dr Ingrid Pollard MBE (b.

On February 26th, as Guyanese recovered from an eventful three-day weekend of celebrations marking our 54th Republic Anniversary, Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA marked a milestone birthday.

Making art cannot be taught. What can be taught are techniques in artmaking; how to use certain media or tools effectively, the right kinds of supports (surfaces on which to paint or draw) depending on media, or procedures for optimal results.

Continued from last week: Rounding out a very good year for Carl E Hazlewood in 2022, Welancora Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, presented Racing Thoughts-Fever Dreaming: New Paintings by Carl E Hazlewood at Art Basel Miami Beach, from November 29 to December 3, 2022.

Field Dreaming Yellow Incursion by Carl E Hazlewood, Acrylic Polymer Emulsion, 10 x 46 inches, 2000 (Photo: Courtesy of the artist – From Demerara Dreaming Triptych Paintings: 1996 – 2003) ____ Pinkskin Blackhead Archer by Carl E Hazlewood, Pigment ink, polyester, acrylic, pastel map pins, colour pencil, Hahnemuhle, and other papers, 51 x 34 inches, 2022.

I heard it said recently that the average person spends eight seconds looking at a work of art.

On Sunday, January 21 in the late afternoon, as Guyana approached the final cooling off of the day, artist Dudley Charles posed a simple question on a social media platform that stirred many: Where is this painting: Anansi Story?

Context matters! Immediately, when I think of context mattering, I think of women and art.

The role of art and by extension the role of the artist in society is a controversial topic.

2024 is upon us! And with a new year’s imminent arrival, it is customary to reflect on the concluding year and formulate plans for the year ahead.

Christmas is upon us! And there is hope and excitement for the potential granting of the wish lists – in part, but better yet, in full! 

As Guyanese at home and abroad awaited Referendum Day in neighbouring Venezuela in varying states of preparedness, concern, and anxiety, Guyana-born New York City-based artist Carl F Anderson (b.

In Hinduism and Buddhism, the lotus flower holds spiritual significance that surpasses that of any other botanical.

As noted in last week’s article, “Bernadette Indira Persaud AA – A visual poet…mostly in her words”, Persaud had a predilection for art as a child which she nurtured whenever opportunities arose.

“If there are ten doors you could go through and only one you must go through, a kind God closes the other nine.”

Of late, everywhere I turn there is cause for creatives to be encouraged, inspired, and motivated!

The words in an ancient text are churning in my mind.

Dear Art Educators, Especially tertiary art educators, why are you teaching?

On Monday, October 16, the National Gallery of Art (NGA) Castellani House along with the Faculty of Education and Humanities of the University of Guyana hosted the opening of “Musings, Guyanese Folktales, and Figures of the Ramlila”, an art exhibition featuring works from the two prospective graduates of the university’s BA in Fine Art Programme, current students, recent alumni, and two lecturers of the Division of Creative Arts (DCA).