Veerle Poupeye's blog about art in the Caribbean and beyond
Here is part 2 of my extended interview with poet and artist Jacqueline Bishop (you can read part 1 here): VP: Your involvement in quilt making has broader implications for your work and some have used the term “patchwork aesthetic” to describe it. Could you explain this with some examples? And please tell us... Continue Reading →
In November 2015, I conducted an interview with Jacqueline Bishop, coming out of our conversations about the "Explorations IV: Seven Women Artists" exhibition at the National Gallery. That exhibition, among other things, asked why there is so little consideration, in the (art-)historical and material record, for the material creative production of Jamaican women, other than... Continue Reading →
This short essay on Dawn Scott's A Cultural Object (1985), a mixed-media installation at the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ), is adapted from a section of my doctoral dissertation "Between Nation and Market: Art and Society in 20th Century Jamaica" (2011, Emory University). A Cultural Object is presently not open to the public, as it... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my new personal blog. It will feature research essays, reviews, opinions and interviews on art in the Caribbean and beyond. While context and issues of representation will also be discussed, the work of art will be the focus and point of departure in most of my posts. This is a position inspired by... Continue Reading →
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