Sexypink - A gathering/conversation instigated by Christopher Cozier.
“…In Trinidad, the art encounter and or transaction often seems to exist outside of historical trajectories with a fake and mysterious notion of universal standards or quality - can we question or just accept this?” Cozier
Based on conversations which took place at Alice Yard over the last year, Christopher Cozier, rather than having a “one man” exhibition, invites artists Amir Denzel Hall, Bianca Peake, Elechi Todd and Khaffi Beckles, to open the conversation; to think about the meaning of making and process within and from our geographic location.
Why Now? is an assembly of ways of working and ideas. Asking about collaboration, our art market space, local art history, how and why work is viewed and consumed.
What are the degrees of consonance and dissonance?
Why associate?
Why share space?
Why make art here?
And Why Now?
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Flora Fantastic: Eco-Critical Contemporary Botanical Art
Curated by Corina Apostol and Tashima Thomas
If in New York,Visit Apex Art Gallery!
This exhibition brings together artists from post-colonial contexts who are looking critically at the colonial past and deconstructing history through the lens of the botanical.
Kristaps Ancāns looks at the artificiality of domestic interiors decorated with indigenous plants removed from their native contexts, creating a sense of control over nature.
Scherezade Garcia addresses colonial encounters in the Americas, gesturing towards nature reclamation of her lands.
Joiri Minaya reveals interconnectedness between the natural environment and commercial enterprises.
Virginia Wagner unearths how botanical knowledge is historically translated.
Tamika Galanis investigates how botanicals became agents of health and resistance. A collaborative botanical timeline positions plants as protagonists in colonial history, capable of draining life out of the body or restoring well-being.
During a time when we have found ways to classify and clone plants we have discovered in the world, we have also systematically erased them from native contexts.
Flora Fantastic begins a conversation about embodiment, inhabitation, belonging and dwelling.
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From the Facebook page of Che Lovelace
I am beyond delighted to be included in this group exhibition ‘Uncanny Interiors’ at the trailblazing Nicola Vassell Gallery @nicolavassellgallery .With a great lineup of artists… I am most excited to be exhibiting alongside that force in painting called Henri Matisse!If you are in the New York area do come say hi at the exhibition opening this Thursday 7th July, 5pm to 8pm.(Exhibition runs until 20th August)
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Sexypink - The UWI Visual Arts Unit has partnered with two venues to host an exhibition of art and design works by students in their final year of the Visual Arts Degree programme.
The show will be open to the public at both the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ASTT), and Medulla Art Gallery, from April 29 to May 6.
This is the first in-person exhibition by the Visual Arts Unit since the onset of the pandemic. With this in mind, the show is titled “LIVE.” Audiences can enjoy direct interaction with creative works at both venues. The word “live” also suggests that the art and design on display address current, pressing issues in society.
Viewers can expect a range of art forms, from painting and sculpture to video and sound installation.
Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ASTT)3-7 St Vincent Ave, Federation Park, POSMon-Sun, 12 noon-6pm
Medulla Art Gallery37 Fitt Street, Woodbrook, POS
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-2pm
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