Veerle Poupeye's blog about art in the Caribbean and beyond
Installation view of 81° West (with work by, left to right, John Reno Jackson, Linda McCann and Bendel Hydes, and, in front, Davin Ebanks) This article originally appeared in two parts in the Monitor Tribune. Part 1 Recently, I travelled to the Cayman Islands for several professional projects. One of these was the exhibition 81°... Continue Reading →
Memoirs of public figures, written by family members or (former) friends, are often as revealing about the person who wrote the memoir as about the purported subject. Or, to put it differently, such memoirs are really about the relationship between the subject and the writer. Paul Theroux’s Sir Vidia’s Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents... Continue Reading →
Hoween Griffiths - Black (installation view), mixed media installation (Photo: courtesy of the Edna Manley College) The title of this year’s final year exhibition at the School of Visual Arts of the Edna Manley College is Undeterred. The titling of this exhibition is always instructive as it is invariably a sign of the times. The... Continue Reading →
Brad Pinnock - Stupid Box, 2022, video installation, at New Local Space, Kingston This new series puts the spotlight on the exciting young artists who have emerged in Jamaica in recent years, many of them as graduates of the Edna Manley College. The features will be based on studio visits (virtual and actual) and interviews,... Continue Reading →
This review was originally published in the Jamaica Monitor, now Monitor Tribune, of July 17, 2022. It is reproduced here without changes but with more images. All photos are details of the installation, photographed by me during my visit. A few weeks ago, while on a layover in Miami, I had the opportunity to view... Continue Reading →
Detail of a work by Patrick Villaire at his studio (photo: Veerle Poupeye) This post was first published in the Jamaica Monitor of February 6, 2022. It is now reproduced here with a few updates and corrections. The occasion for my trip to Haiti, which ended on February 4, was my role in the Caribbean... Continue Reading →
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