Veerle Poupeye's blog about art in the Caribbean and beyond
Sane Mae “Mama Lane” Dunkley, who passed away unexpectedly just before the end of 2017, was a significant culture bearer from Jamaica. Of rural origins from St Elizabeth but based in Jones Town, Kingston for most of her adult life, she was part of an extended family in which popular textile and fibre traditions had... Continue Reading →
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 →
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