Installation pieces from the Jamaica art exhibition at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
Installation pieces from the Jamaica art exhibition at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.
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The National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) is currently exhibiting a collection of Jamaican art, dubbed 'Jamaican Art from the 1960s and 1970s', at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) in Grand Cayman.
The exhibition opened on March 21 to a capacity audience and will run until May 15. This exhibition signals the second Jamaican display in the Cayman Islands that has been brokered between the two national galleries. The first one, an exhibition of contemporary Jamaican art, was held in 2004.
The present exhibition examines Jamaican art from around the time of Jamaica's Independence in 1962 to the politically eventful 1970s - one of the most culturally dynamic periods in Jamaican history. It consists of 30 works from the National Gallery of Jamaica Collection and two works from Cayman-based collections of Jamaican art.
Featured pieces include later works by artists who were already established at the time, such as Edna Manley, Alvin Marriott, Albert Huie, David Pottinger, and Carl Abrahams. There are also pieces from younger artists who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, such as Barrington Watson, Eugene Hyde, Karl Parboosingh, Osmond Watson, Judy Ann MacMillan, Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds, Everald Brown, Gaston Tabois, Hope Brooks, George Rodney, and Winston Patrick. The works were selected by Dr Veerle Poupeye, NGJ executive director, and O'Neil Lawrence, NGJ acting senior curator.
"The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands is delighted to host Jamaican Art: 1960s and 1970s from the collection of the National Gallery of Jamaica," says Natalie Urquhart, director of the NGCI.
"This exhibition marks an important international collaboration between NGCI and NGJ, and it is an opportunity to reflect and celebrate the long-standing social, cultural, and economic relationships between our two countries," Natalie continued.
The exhibition, which is one of several planned exchanges between the galleries, also reflects NGJ's thrust towards greater regional engagement and visibility.
- The National Gallery of Jamaica
The National Gallery of Jamaica is located at 12 Ocean Boulevard, Block C, Kingston Mall - entrance on Orange Street. Parking is available at the adjoining UDC parking lot.
The gallery is open Tuesdays-Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and every last Sunday of the month, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It is closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays
