Katrina Coombs with Stefan Clark – Complicated Encounters (Photo: Veerle Poupeye) Hybridization, which opened on February 12, is the inaugural exhibition at CreativSpace’s new location in downtown Kingston, on the corner of Laws street and Mark Lane, just off Parade. CreativSpace, an exhibition and work space for creatives which is available for rental, was previously... Continue Reading →
“Fons et Origo”: The 2022 School of Visual Arts Final Year Exhibition
Installation view, Jahmani Council (photographed by Robert Ayre, courtesy of the EMC) This post was first published in the Monitor Tribune (then the Jamaica Monitor) in two parts, on August 21 and August 28, 2022. It is reproduced here with minor changes and more images. Every year in June, the School of Visual Arts (SVA)... Continue Reading →
Laura Facey’s “Laboratory of the Ticking Heart” and Ormsby Hall
Laura Facey's Three Graces at Ormsby Hall (Photo: Veerle Poupeye) This review was first published, in two parts, in the Jamaica Monitor (now the Monitor Tribune) of June 28 and 4, 2022. It is reproduced here with more photos and a few minor changes. Part 1: The Exhibition Laura Facey’s latest solo exhibition, The Laboratory... Continue Reading →
Nadine Hall’s Reclamation and Remembering
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 →
The Inaugural Kingston Biennial
Nari Ward - Windward (2022), Kingston Biennial The original version of this post was published in four installments in what was then the Jamaica Monitor, now the Monitor Tribune, in four installments between July 2 and 23, 2022. A few minor changes have been made. A Limited Outlook I left the June 26 opening of... Continue Reading →
Letter from Haiti: The Vives Exhibition at the Maison Dufort
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 →