Veerle Poupeye's blog about art in the Caribbean and beyond
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 →
Pascale Monnin - Chuchotements, 2014, collection: the Artist This commentary, on the recently closed Vives Exhibition, was first published in the Jamaica Monitor of January 30, 2022. During my stay here in Haiti, I have had the opportunity to share a house, and to work and exchange thoughts with two highly accomplished women in the... Continue Reading →
Greg Bailey - Lady Locks (2021) I am privileged to have been invited to curate the debut solo exhibition of the Jamaican artist Greg Bailey is entitled Post-Colonial Paraphernalia. The exhibition explores the lingering effects of colonial symbols and and features ten new oil paintings and one drawing. The exhibition is on view at Creativ... Continue Reading →
This article was first published in the Jamaica Monitor of October 3, 2021. William “Woody” Joseph – Angel, c1990, private collection (photo: Veerle Poupeye) When I first met the self-taught Jamaican wood-sculptor William Joseph in the mid-1980s, he was living in a bamboo shack near the river in Stony Hill. Woody, as he was affectionately... Continue Reading →
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