Rockstone and Bootheel - Real Art Ways

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About The CuratorsBorn and raised inKingston, Jamaica, RealArt Ways’ Director ofVisual Arts KristinaNewman-Scott is apracticing artist.Newman-Scott hasorganized and curatedexhibitions with aparticular focus onpresenting emergingartists in innovative ways.Her previous curatorialprojects include ShadowShow, Archaeology ofWonder and Real Public.Yona Backer is aco-founder of ThirdStreaming, a projectwhere popular culture,contemporary art, film,fashion and designintersect. Previously, sheserved as the Director ofVisual Arts at the AmericasSociety in New York andmost recently as the SeniorProgram Officer at theAndy Warhol Foundation.Yona Backer was born inKingston, Jamaica andraised in Amsterdam,The Netherlands.www.realartways.orgAbout Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian ArtThe exhibition’s name comes from 4. a Ewan Jamaican Atkinson dub-metal song,Road Kill I, 2006“Rockstone and Bootheel,” by Gibby. Man It’s Maid, 2006 a colloquial phrase thatLeft Hand Turn, 2006means “taking a journey.” Rockstone Dog Track III, 2006 Bootheel is, in fact, anexhibition composed of many journeys, 6. Renee sometimes Coxconflicting, allPoolside, 2008influenced by the social, political, aKhalil Jump Off, 2008 Deanemic conditions8. Blue Curryof life in the West Indies and the diaspora. “West Indies” refers to aDiscovery of the Palm Tree Phone Mast, 2008group of islands in the Caribbean formerly Untitled, 2009 under British control.10. Makandal Dada (a.k.a. K. Khalfani Ra)The exhibition focuses on artists from the Bahamas, Barbados,Birth-rite of restoration, 2009Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago, all 12. former Ras Kassa British colonies, eachThe Trod, 2000with a distinct artistic presence. Rockstone and Bootheel offers14. Jayson Keelinga snapshot of recent works that draw Jesus speak from of me as I the am, 2007 region’s popularListen without prejudice, 2007culture and history. Rather than make 16. O’Neil Lawrence the case for a particularRe-Identified I, 2008West Indian aesthetic, the exhibition Re-Identified offers II, 2008 a lively glimpseRe-Identified III, 2008into contemporary Anglophone Caribbean visual practice -18. Phillip Thomasan energetic “mash up” of art that Study, lies 2008 at the intersection ofpopularand urban culture. Music 20. and Dave Williams dance are pervasive inMe and My Mannequin Performance, 2010West Indian culture. Many of the works in Rockstone and Bootheel22. Rockstone & Bootheelincorporate sound and performative A Brief History elements, drawing fromCarnival, Jamaican Dancehall, and 23. other Staff Listingdominant subcultures.24. Rockstone & BootheelThe works also tell stories of the region’s complicated history, aThe Exhibithistory filled with conflict, transformation, 26. 39 Artists... and cross-culturalexchange. Through their work, the artists 29. The Artists address Link Up issues including30. Rockstone & Bootheelgender, race, sexuality and homophobia, and the rampant crimeFilm Series Listingand violence plaguing many of the islands’ inner cities.31. Rockstone & BootheelThe exhibition features large-scale installations, Press Listingnew media andmulti-disciplinary works, digital 32. Rockstone projections, & Bootheel music videosAll Magazine Issues Referenceand largeformat photographs. Also featured are assemblagesculptures,paintings, and live performances.Rockstone & Bootheel includes works of 39 artists from the WestIndies and the diaspora, focusing on artists from the Bahamas,Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago. “The West Indies” refersto the group of islands in the Caribbean formerly under Britishcontrol. More than half of the artists are showing work in the USfor the first time. Featuring large-scale installation, new mediaand multidisciplinary works, digital projections, large format •photographs, assemblage sculptures, paintings, live performance,videos. Also featuring a public art project in one of Hartford’s WestIndian markets. Hartford, Connecticut has the third largest WestIndian population in the US, after New York and Miami.CONTENTSROCKSTONE & BOOTHEELeMAGAZINE issue 4Feb 2010.PUBLISHERREAL ART WAYSwww.realartways.org56 Arbor StreetHartford, CT 06106EDITORKristina Newman-ScottYona BackerDESIGNERDRACONIAN SWITCHRichard Mark RawlinsABOUT REAL ART WAYSReal Art Ways is one of theleading contemporary artsorganizations in the UnitedStates, with a record oflinking artists, innovationand community. Programsinclude visual arts, withexhibitions, public artprojects, and artistpresentations; cinema, withindependent andinternational films 7 nightsa week; music;performance; literaryevents; community andeducational programming.

Ewan AtkinsonBarbados, born 1975.The relationship betweenpersonality and personal spacefuels Ewan Atkinson’s work.The spaces that people decorateand define for themselves andtheir possessions are a reflectionof the self. As a resident ofthe Caribbean, Atkinson paysparticular attention to how theregion’s diverse populationcontributes to its particularaesthetic and questions howthese factors tie into culturalDog Track III, 2006Mixed media on panel, 30” x 22.5”Road Kill I, 2006Mixed media on panel, 17” x 14”rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian artidentity. Through this heexplores his own identity, its5influences and its limitations.real art waysLeft Hand Turn, 2006Mixed media on panel, 12” x 12”Man Maid, 2006Mixed media on panel, 17” x 14”

Renee CoxJamaica, born 1960.Renowned contemporaryphotographer Renee Cox hasused her own body, both nudeand clothed, to celebrate blackwomanhood and criticize a societyshe often views as racist and sexist.Born in Colgate, Jamaica, into anupper middle-class family, wholater settled in Scarsdale, New York,Cox is widely acclaimed for herphotographic series that provoke,question and challenge the multilayeredimpact of sexism and racialrockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian artprejudice.Cox described The Discrete Charmof the Bougies series as her “BlackDesperate Housewives meets TheValley of the Dolls,” which wasthe working title for the series.In an interview Cox explainedthat the work was inspired byher experience living in suburbia“around these women who areon Valium and pain killers anddrink cocktails. They’re privilegedbut they’re alienated and they’reisolated. They’re alone.”Renee Cox continues to push theenvelop in her work, questioningsociety and the roles it givesto blacks and women withher elaborate scenarios andimaginative visuals that offendsome and exhilarate others.top: Poolside, 2008From the The Discreet Charm of theBougies seriesPigment print, 33” x 41”left: Jump Off, 2008From the The Discreet Charm of theBougies seriesPigment Print, 31.5” x 39”7real art ways

Blue CurryBahamas, born 1964.Discovery of the Palm Tree Phone Mast, 2008 Single-channel video, TRT: 2 min 18 secBlue Curry works with sculpturalassemblage, installation and video.Much of his recent work touchesupon the fantasies of the native,the tropical and the exotic andhow these notions are created,reinforced and played into.His work positions itself somewherebetween cultural artifact, touristsouvenir and contemporary artpiece. The objects he creates areoften exaggerated, elegant andsensorially luscious, but at the sametime unsophisticated, improvisedand even shambolic in theirconstruction.In the video Discovery of the PalmTree Phone Mast, Blue Curry leadsthe viewer on a reconnaissancelikemission of a cell phone tourdisguised as a palm tree. As theviewer approaches the target frommultiple angles he is finally able touncover the tree’s true identity.Untitled, 2009 Conch shell, stroboscopic lamp (flash rate variable), 7” x 8” x 5”rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art9real art ways

Makandal Dada (a.k.a. K. Khalfani Ra)Birth-rite of restoration, 2009 Mixed media with nails on fabric, 54” x 28”Jamaica, born 1958.Makandal Dada, also known as K.Khalfani Ra, describes how his selfidentity as a West Indian is reflectedin his work.“Art....a bulwark against the culturaldecadence and political barbarismsof the West....a proactive strike against the crimecalled history....the neutralization of thepsycho-aesthetic terrorism ofreligion and society....art recognizes that, for thedescendants of those who cameunder the lash of the whip, to bea ‘West Indian’, is to accept theidentity of the slave....”rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art11real art ways

Ras KassaJamaica, born 1974.The Trod, 2000 Single-channel video, TRT: 30 min 16 secOften called “The Guru” thisaward-winning Jamaicandirector, producer, writer andentrepreneur is internationallyknown for his unique directorialslate of mainstreem televisionand music videos. Kassa, whoadopted his name from theEthiopian general Ras Kassa(cousin to Haile Selassie I),uses his belief as a Rastafarianin his cinematic vision. Thedocumentary The Trod, divesinto the secrets and the storiesof his beloved Jamaica.rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art13real art ways

Jayson KeelingUSA/Jamaica, born 1966.Jayson Keeling’s continuingobjective is to anchor and subtlyallude to desire in its purestmanifestations. He is interested indeath, excess, joy and the searchfor the futile and unattainable asthey relate to notions of power,social hierarchy and the intangibleavenues of their exploitationwithin culture. To this end, heapplies an interdisciplinarypractice that simultaneouslyrockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian artexplores and exploits culturaliconography and residue, withappropriationist gestures.15Jesus speak of me as I am, 2007 Single-channel video, TRT: 3 min 32 secKeeling uses painting, video,sculpture and photography toachieve this goal. He seeks toListen without prejudice, 2007 Single-channel video, TRT: 43 secreal art waysundermine both the objectivitythat people bring to the artexperience, along with thecreation in the viewer, of an acuteawareness of their position inrelation to the construction andconfines of power.

O’Neil LawrenceJamaica, born 1977.Re-Identified I, 2008 Digital print on gator board, 24” x 36” Re-Identified III, 2008 Digital print on gator board, 24” x 36”This body of work is part of acontinuing series that O’NeilLawrence has created, whichseeks to convey the continuinginternal struggles of self andidentity between Europeaninfluences and African heritage.Which self should he be? Whichinfluences should his personareflect? The figures in the workare allegorical references tothe different emotional statesinduced by conflicted duelcultures and the ever presentracial memory of the MiddlePassage.Re-Identified II, 2008 Digital print on gator board, 24” x 36”rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art17real art ways

Phillip ThomasStudy, 2008 Mixed media on paper, 18” x 24” Courtesy of Russell WikensonJamaica, born 1980.Phillip Thomas intends tomanufacture cultural reliquaries,artifacts and social curiositiesthat represent the culturaltapestry of the Caribbean andthe wider “new world”, usingmediums and other agents ofthe old world. Paintings andother artifacts in this case arenot for the sake of the mediumof presentation, but more soas an artifact of works of artof the past. Hence the entireobject produced (stretcher bars,frames, oil paints, Phillip Thomasand all the other elements andmediums of these objects) isa complete manifestation ofan archaeological response toagents of the old world as well asproducts of the new.This allows for a kind ofmetadiscourse between theoriginals and the copies ofwestern art history. This act ofthe “master copy” is the verynature of colonialism. Theidea of studying at a “FrenchAcademy” in the United Statesis entrenched in cross-culturalpollination. For the Caribbean,there are specific cultures thatconcern the work. Predominantlythe English, the French andthe Spanish. Each one of thesecultures is reflected in the bodyof works presented. From the“master copies” of Turner andRibera to sections of Velazquez,are fused into the discourse notas mere hints of artistic influence,but also as cultural relics.rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art19real art ways

Dave WilliamsTrinidad, born 1964.Dave Williams has performedand worked through theCaribbean, the UK, USA andEurope, and has also been adance teacher. His performingcareer spans 24 years andhis body of work allows him,in retrospect, to decipher anenduring intent. His workattempts to find and magnifythe feminine energy, qualitiesand possibilities of men,without making them (the men)effeminate. In pursuing this,he believes that he can revealthe most vulnerable and at riskcomponent of Caribbean life -real male confidence.On March 14, Williamsperformed the solo workMe and My Mannequin at theclosing reception forRockstone & Bootheel.rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art21real art ways

a briefHISTORY ofREAL ARTWAYSFounded in 1975, Real Art Ways is one ofthe country’s early alternative arts spaces.Real Art Ways presents and produces new andinnovative work by emerging and establishedartists, and serves as a crucial connection foraudiences and artists regionally, nationally andinternationally. The organization has sustaineditself through committed support for newideas and disciplines, and has steadily built adiverse and unique audience that crosses linesof color, sexual orientation, economics and age.Real Art Ways began when a group of visualartists and musicians took over a ramblingupstairs space on Asylum Street in downtownHartford. The founding members created abare bones salon in which they lived, workedand presented the work of others. The ideaof alternativity to the mainstream is centralto Real Art Ways – the organization arose at amoment when alternative ideas were beingexplored (e.g. alternative foods, alternativemedicines) and alternative institutions werebeing established (e.g. alternative newspapers,alternative schools, food co-ops, alternativehealth care programs).Through the latter part of the decade and intothe 1980s, Real Art Ways became a necessaryvenue for artists and performers to be seenand heard, with presentations in innovativemusic especially notable. Rapid commercialreal estate development led to Real Art Wayslosing three spaces in ten years. The finaleviction in 1989 left Real Art Ways teetering onthe edge of extinction, and the organizationlanded in a small space at 56 Arbor Street inthe culturally mixed neighborhood of Parkville.Under the new leadership of executivedirector Will K. Wilkins, Real Art Waysregrouped after the move to Parkville. Wilkinsushered in a second life to the organizationby commissioning a series of vigorous publicart projects, which have been placed in sitesthroughout the city. Real Art Ways obtaineda 30-year lease on a large warehouse space,and began the development of a uniquecenter for arts and culture. At the same time,Real Art Ways has been very involved in theParkville neighborhood, and has participated inplanning processes for a redesign of the centralcommercial district, and for neighborhoodgateways.The Real Art Ways Cinema opened in the fall of1996, showing first-run, independent films sevennights a week. The galleries were renovatedand re-opened in June of 1999. The Real Roomand Loading Dock Lounge were renovated andopened in November of 2002.The quality and diversity of Real Art Ways’ workhave earned it repeated funding from nationalsources, including the National Endowment forthe Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation, the FordFoundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and theWallace Foundation as well as key local fundersincluding United Technologies, Aetna, Travelers,Bank of America, the Hartford Foundation forPublic Giving, The Hartford, the Greater HartfordArts Council, and many more. Real Art Ways’projects have generated regional and nationalmedia coverage, including pieces in Art inAmerica, ArtNews, ArtForum, National Public Radio,the New York Times, Associated Press, Sculpture,Details, the Source, and Rolling Stone.In 2004 Real Art Ways organized and presentedthe landmark exhibition None of the Above:Contemporary Work by Puerto Rican Artists. Theexhibition was shown at the Museo de Artede Puerto Rico in 2005, the first exhibition ofcontemporary Puerto Rican art organized off theisland to be shown in Puerto Rico.Building on the success of None of the Above,in the fall and winter of 2005-06 Real Art Waysproduced Faith, a multi-disciplinary projectcentered around an exhibition curated by artistJames Hyde, and including work by Patty Chang,Mat Collishaw, Rachel Harrison, Nancy Haynes,Shirazeh Houshiary, Christopher Lucas, Josiah McElheney,Walid Ra’ad (The Atlas Group), Sabeen Raja, ArchieRand, Arlene Shechet, and Nari Ward. Real Art Wayscollaborated with the Hartford Seminary, and presentednine films that addressed various aspects of faith, alongwith several live arts events, including concerts, poetryreadings and performances.In 2006-2007 we produced POZA, a multidisciplinaryproject centered around an exhibition curated by arthistorian, critic and poet Marek Bartelik. POZA broughttogether work by artists, writers, filmmakers, and thinkerswith direct and indirect ties to Poland. Taking as a pointof departure specific national and cultural distinctions,which could be called “Polishness,” the project offered anopen-ended proposition that treated such distinctionsas matters of choice and awareness, rather than linkingthem to a specific locality or place of birth. Featuring 31visual artists, POZA also included literary events and anoriginal film series, with 18 films and discussions guidedby community leaders.Today, Real Art Ways is widely regarded as one of thecountry’s outstanding contemporary art spaces, onethat has a special link with its own community. Withfilms, concerts, performance, readings, exhibitions anda lounge where people gather before and after events.Real Art Ways is a unique meeting place for people ofwidely varying backgrounds to come together aroundart and ideas.Roxanna BoothIndividual Giving ManagerTora ButtaroExecutive AssistantMeghan DahnDevelopment ManagerMadison DayMembership CoordinatorBarbara HockerBookkeeperNadya KoropeyCommunity Programs CoordinatorJP LeblancBusiness ManagerJohn MorrisonDirector of Film ProgrammingLB MuñozHospitality ManagerKristina Newman-ScottDirector of Visual ArtsAbby OhlheiserCommunications CoordinatorErinn RoosVisual Arts CoordinatorDiana RosenCinema CoordinatorWill K. WilkinsExecutive DirectorSTAFFLISTINGBoard of TrusteesGabriela Garlaza-BlockChairHank SchwartzVice ChairGary E. WestSecretaryCarol A. FitzgeraldTreasurerJim BridgemanJohn ByrnesAudrey ConradIleen Swerdloffwww.realartways.orgInstallation images for Ewan Atkinson, Renee Cox, Blue Curry, MakandalDada, O’Neil Lawrence and Phillip Thomas were provided by John Groo.rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art23real art ways

AkuzuruEwan AtkinsonSonya ClarkChristopher CozierRenee CoxBlue CurryMakandal DadaAnnalee DavisKhalil DeaneZachary FabriJoscelyn GardnerLawrence Graham-BrownSatch HoytChristopher IronsLeasho JohnsonRas KassaJayson KeelingO’Neil LawrenceChristina LeslieSimone LeighJaime Lee LoyDave McKenzieWendell McShinePetrona MorrisonKaryn OlivierZak OvéEbony G. PattersonOmari RaPeter Dean RickardsNadine RobinsonSheena RoseOneika RussellHeino SchmidPhillip ThomasAdele ToddNari WardJay WillDave WilliamsHartford, Connecticut – RealArt Ways presents some ofthe most challenging, recentwork by artists from theAnglophone Caribbeanand the diaspora in Rockstoneand Bootheel: ContemporaryWest Indian Art, curated byKristina Newman-Scott andYona Backer. The exhibition,featuring the works of 39artists, evokes the feelingof a high-energy “mash up.”The works are juxtaposed inconversation with each otherto reveal complex, fragmentedstories about contemporaryAnglophone Caribbeanculture, challengingcommon assumptions aboutWest Indian artistic expression.Rockstone and Bootheelopens on Saturday, November14, and runs through Sunday,March 14, 2010. Real ArtWays is located at 56 ArborStreet in Hartford’s Parkvilleneighborhood. For moreinformation, contact Real ArtWays: www.realartways.orgor 860.232.1006.Public programs slatedto take place during therun of the show includefilm screenings, readings,performances, live music, artisttalks, lectures, and communitybased activities. An eventschedule is available online.About Rockstone andBootheel: ContemporaryWest Indian ArtThe exhibition’s name comesfrom a Jamaican dub-metalsong, “Rockstone and Bootheel,”by Gibby. It’s a colloquialphrase thatmeans “taking a journey.”Rockstone and Bootheel is, infact, an exhibition composedof many journeys, sometimesconflicting, all influencedby the social, political, andeconomic conditions of life inthe West Indies and thediaspora. “West Indies” refersto a group of islands in theCaribbean formerly underBritish control. The exhibitionfocuses on artists from theBahamas, Barbados, Jamaica,and Trinidad & Tobago, allformer British colonies,each with a distinct artisticpresence.Rockstone and Bootheel offersa snapshot of recent worksthat draw from the region’spopular culture and history.Rather than make thecase for a particular WestIndian aesthetic, the exhibitionoffers a lively glimpse intocontemporary AnglophoneCaribbean visual practice- an energetic “mash up” of artthat lies at the intersectionof popular and urban culture.Music and dance are pervasivein West Indian culture.Many of the works inRockstone and Bootheelincorporate sound andperformative elements,drawing from Carnival,Jamaican Dancehall, and otherdominant subcultures. Theworks also tell stories of theregion’s complicatedhistory, a history filled withconflict, transformation, andcross-cultural exchange.Through their work, the artistsaddress issues includinggender, race, sexuality andhomophobia, and the rampantcrime and violence plaguingmany of the islands’ innercities. The exhibition featureslarge-scale installations, newmedia and multi-disciplinaryworks, digital projections,music videos and largeformatphotographs. Also featuredare assemblage sculptures,paintings, and liveperformances.An offsite public art projectby Karyn OlivierKaryn Olivier will install aninteractive library within ACAFoods, a West Indian grocerystore in Hartford, Connecticut.The selected books are byWest Indian authors andhave themes associated withCaribbean culture and history.Distributed among the fooditems within the store, thebooks will be available for thestore’s customers to borrowand return. Literary readingsand events will occur as partof this project. For details,visit www.realartways.org/visualarts.htm#rockstone.The exhibition’s 39participating artists areAkuzuru, Ewan Atkinson,Lawrence Graham-Brown,Renee Cox, Christopher Cozier,Blue Curry, Sonya Clark,Makandal Dada, AnnaleeDavis, Khalil Deane, ZacharyFabri, Joscelyn Gardner,Marlon Griffith, Satch Hoyt,Christopher Irons, LeashoJohnson, Ras Kassa, JaysonKeeling, O’Neil Lawrence,Christina Leslie, Simone Leigh,Jaime Lee Loy, Dave McKenzie,Wendell McShine, PetronaMorrison, Karyn Olivier, ZakOvé, Ebony G. Patterson,Omari Ra, Peter Dean Rickards,Nadine Robinson, SheenaRose, Oneika Russell, HeinoSchmid, Phillip Thomas, AdeleTodd, Nari Ward, Jay Will andDave Williams.Catalog by leadingCaribbean designerRichard Rawlins will createan interactive website andcatalog for the exhibition’sinternational audience.Rawlins is artistic director forCMB Creative and the founderof the online magazineDraconian Switch. LikeDraconian Switch, the catalogwill also feature creativework by designers workingin advertising. Contributingwriters to the catalog includeGarnette Cadogan; NicholasLaughlin (editor of theCaribbean Review of Books);writers and critics Annie Pauland Melanie Archer; Donna P.Hope, a professor of DancehallCulture and Reggae Studies;and poet/activist MuhammadMuwakil.SupportRockstone and Bootheel ismade possible by generoussupport from: The NationalEndowment for the Arts, TheConnecticut Commission onCulture and Tourism, TheEdward C. and Ann T. RobertsFoundation, Real Art Waysmembers, The J. Walton BissellFoundation, The Andy WarholFoundation for the Visual Arts,The Greater Hartford ArtsCouncil’s United ArtsCampaign, Travelers, TheHartford Foundationfor Public Giving, Sandy andHoward Fromson, Robinsonand Nancy Grover, The WallaceFoundation , Lincoln FinancialGroup, and Gary E. West.Gallery Hours:Tuesday through Thursdayand Sunday, 2-10 pm;Friday and Saturday2pm to midnight.Closed Mondays.Cinema open daily.www.realartways.orgZachary Fabri - Opening Performancerockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art25real art ways

39 ARTISTS ...AkuzuruTrinidad and Tobago, born 1966Trans-Portal //\\ The Ascent, 2007Digital print, dimensions variableCourtesy of the artistChristopher CozierTrinidad and Tobago, born 1959Sound System Version II, 2007Installation: 4 speaker sound systemMusic: a sound collaboration by ChristopherCozier, Robin Foster, Sheldon Holder & MartinRaymond (with sound sequences by ChantalEsdelle, Christian Campbell & Yvette Grey).This sound work received start up support fromthe Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands.Ewan AtkinsonBarbados, born 1975Image shown:Left Hand Turn, 2006Mixed media on panel, 12”x12”Courtesy of artistBlue CurryBahamas, born 1974Image shown:Discovery of the Palm Tree Phone Mast,2008, Single-channel video,TRT: 2 min 18 secCourtesy of the artistSonya ClarkUSA/Jamaica, born 1967Iterations, 2008Plastic combs, 8”x120”x60”Courtesy of the artistMakandal Dada (a.k.a. Khalfani Ra)Jamaica, born 1958Birth-rite of restoration, 2009Mixed media with nails on fabric, 54”x28”Courtesy of the artistRenee CoxJamaica, born 1960Image shown:Poolside, 2008Pigment print, 33”x41”Courtesy of artistAnnalee DavisBarbados, born 1963On The Map, 2007Single-channel video, TRT: 30 minCourtesy of the artistMarlon GriffithTrinidad and Tobago, born 1976Image shown:Louis, 2009Powder Box (Schoolgirl series)Digital prints on gator board, 48”x32”Ras KassaJamaica, born 1974The Trod, 2000Single-channel video,TRT: 30 min 16 secCourtesy of the artistSatch HoytUK/Jamaica, born 1957Rimology, 2009Chrome wheel rims with soundscape,dimensions variableCourtesy of the artist and Wheel DesignJayson KeelingUS/Jamaica, born 1966Image shown:Jesus speak of me as I am, 2007Single-channel video, TRT: 3 min 32 secCourtesy of the artistChristopher IronsJamaica, born 1973Printa, 2008Single-channel video, TRT: 4 minCourtesy of the artistO’Neil LawrenceJamaica, born 1977Image shown:Re-Identified III, 2008Digital print on gator board, 24”x36”Courtesy of the artistLeasho JohnsonJamaica, born 1981Orange Boy series, 2008Mixed media orange juice boxes,3”x3”x5.5”Courtesy of the artistSimone LeighUSA/Jamaica, born 1968Cage, 2009Steel suspended on wall,264”x75”x89”Yellow Stack, 2009rockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art27real art waysKhalil DeaneJamaica, born 1977Blood Soaked Skies, 2007Triptych - Acrylic paint on canvas, 34”x92”Courtesy of the artistZachary FabriUSA, born 1977The Big Pay Back, 2009Single-channel video, TRT: 1 min 58 secCourtesy of the artistJoscelyn GardnerBarbados, born 1961Image shown:Hibiscus esculentus (Sibyl), 2009Hand-colored stone lithographs on frostedmylar, 9”x18”Courtesy of the artistLawrence Graham-BrownJamaica, born 1969Image shown:Ras-Pan-Afro-Homo Sapien, 2009Mixed media mannequin, 36”x18”x12”Courtesy of the artistChristina LeslieCanada/Jamaica, born 1983EveryTING Irie series (8 of 14)Handcrafted chromogenic prints,23.5”x19.3”Courtesy of Wedge Curatorial ProjectsJamie Lee LoyTrinidad, born 1980The Roach, 2007From Roaches and Flowers:War in the HomeLive flowers and silk pins, 42”x24”Courtesy of the artistDave McKenzieJamaica/USA, born 1977Present Tense, 2007Single-channel video, TRT: 19 minCourtesy of the artist and Susan VielmetterLos Angeles ProjectsWendell McShineTrinidad, born 1973Prosper, 2009Animation, TRT: 4 min 30 secCourtesy of the artist

39 ARTISTS ...Petrona MorrisonJamaica, born 1954Image shown:Us and Dem, 2009From the Stick-em Up seriesDigital prints on foam core, 11”x13”Courtesy of the artistOmari RaJamaica, born 1960The book of the dead:Illustrations of the patois bible, 2008Mixed media collage, dimensions variableCourtesy of artistKaryn OlivierTrinidad and Tobago, born 1968Site specific installation at ACA food store,MainStreet, Hartford, ConnecticutCourtesy of the artistPeter Dean Rickards (Rickards Brothers)Jamaica, born 1969Image shown:Proverbs 24:10, 2008Single-channel video, TRT: 2 min 36 secCourtesy of the artistZak OvéUK/Trinidad and Tobago, born 1968Blue Devils from theTransfigura series (9 works),2001-2009Gicle prints on aluminum, 55”x39”Courtesy of the artistNadine RobinsonUS/Jamaica, born 1968Laquita, 2005Synthetic hair fiber, mbf boardand hair pins,144”x96”x2”Courtesy of the artistEbony PattersonJamaica/USA, born 1981Endz – Khani + Di Krew I-III, 2009From the Disciplez seriesMixed media on paper with petals andpussy bulletz, dimensions variableCourtesy of the artistSheena RoseBarbados, born 1985Town, 2009Silent single-channel video,TRT: 2 min 30 secCourtesy of the artistNari WardUSA/Jamaica, born 1963Lazarus, 2006Metal stand, taxidermy turtle, plastic,electrical tape, plaster St. Lazarus,thermometer, brushes and plasticintravenous bag with Chinese herbs,51”x21”x21”Courtesy of the Lehmann Maupin GalleryJay WillJamaica, born 1979It’s All About Dancing: Jamaican –U – Mentary,2006Single-channel video, TRT: 100 minutesCourtesy of the artistARTIST LINK UPAkuzuru,http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/html/resident/residents/AKUZURU/AKUZURU.htmEwan Atkinsonhttp://www.ewanatkinson.com/Renee Coxhttp://reneecox.org/Christopher Cozierhttp://christophercozier.blogspot.com/Blue Curryhttp://www.bluecurry.com/Sonya Clarkhttp://www.sonyaclark.com/Annalee Davishttp://www.annaleedavis.com/Khalil Deanehttp://www.myspace.com/kimalabennettZachary Fabrihttp://www.zacharyfabri.com/index.html/Joscelyn Gardnerhttp://www.joscelyngardner.com/Satch Hoythttp://www.satchhoyt.com/Ras Kassahttp://www.raskassa.com/Wendell McShinehttp://72ironman.blogspot.com/Karyn Olivierhttp://www.karynolivier.com/Zak Ovéhttp://www.zak-ove.co.uk/Ebony G. Pattersonhttp://www.artitup.zoomshare.com/Omari Rahttp://www.aviscafineart.com/Jamaican_Gallery/Omari_Ra/omari_ra.htmPeter Dean Rickardshttp://www.afflictedyard.com/Oneika Russellhttp://www.oneikarussell.net/Heino Schmidhttp://www.heinoschmid.com/Adele Toddhttp://www.adeletodd.wordpress.com/Nari Wardhttp://www.nariward.net/Jay Willhttp://www.youtube.com/user/jaywillfilmsrockstone & bootheel: contemporary west indian art29real art waysO’Neil Lawrencehttp://www.petrinearcher.com/oneil-lawrenceKaryn Olivierkarynolivier.comOneika RussellJamaica, born 1980Porthole, 2008Single-channel video,TRT: 3 min 47 secHeino SchmidBahamas, born 1976North Star, 2008Single-channel digital video,TRT: 6 min 23 secCourtesy of the artist andthe National Gallery of the BahamasPhillip ThomasStudy, 2008 mixed mediaon paper, 18”x24”Courtesy of Russell WikensonAdele ToddTrinidad and Tobago, born 1965Image shown:Police an’ Tief, 2008-2009Embroidery on linen, 6 ¾” x 11 ¼”Courtesy of the artistDave WilliamsTrinidad and Tobago, born 1964Mannequin and Me performanceCourtesy of the artistSimone Leighhttp://www.simoneleigh.com/Jaime Lee Loyhttp://jaimeleeloy.blogspot.com/

All Magazine IssuesChristopher CozierLawrence Graham-BrownMarlon GriffithZak OvéEbony PattersonSheena RoseRichard RawlinsIssue #2 – December 2009Joscelyn GardnerSatch HoytPetrona MorrisonPeter Dean RickardsNadine RobinsonHeino SchmidAdele ToddIssue #3 – January 2010AkuzuruKhalil DeaneSimone LeighJaime Lee LoyChristina LeslieDave McKenzieMaxine WaltersNari WardJay WillIssue #4 – February 2010Ewan AtkinsonRenee CoxBlue CurryMakandal DadaRas KassaJayson KeelingO’Neil LawrencePhillip ThomasDave WilliamsIssue #5 – March 2010Sonya ClarkAnnalee DavisZachary FabriChristopher IronsLeasho JohnsonWendell McShineKaryn OlivierOmari RaOneika Russell

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