#sexypink/colonialism and change

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~Sexypink~ From the Facebook page of Che Lovelace

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Not yet titled, this painting was somehow guided by the influential work, ‘Bongo Dancers’ by Carlisle Chang made in 1955.(Last exhibited in Jamaica for an exhibition that marked Trinidad and Tobago’s 50th year of independence.)Chang was a extraordinary and versatile artist, who while being a fierce independent thinker, was a defining part of the independence movement as Trinidad tried to look ahead from it’s colonial past.He designed the Trinidad and Tobago flag and coat of arms.In my bio I have attached a  link to a wonderful  interview (done not long before his passing in 2001) with the man himself speaking in his usual generous, affecting manner about the artistic environment of Trinidad through his years as a practitioner.I was shocked and elevated when towards the end of his interview he mentioned me as a young artist with potential... I had no knowledge that he was aware of the younger generation of artists who were working at the time.But this was a man always keenly connected to the potential of Trinidad as dynamic creative space.

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~Sexypink~ · La Vaughn Belle is a visual artist working in a variety of disciplines that include: video, performance, painting, installation and public art. She explores the material culture of coloniality and her art presents counter visualities and narratives that challenge colonial hierarchies and invisibility. She has exhibited in the Caribbean, the USA and Europe. Her work has been featured in a wide range of media including: the NY Times, Politiken, VICE, The Guardian, Caribbean Beat, the BBC and Le Monde. She holds an MFA from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba, an MA and a BA from Columbia University in NY. Her studio is based in the Virgin Islands. Photo credit: Nicole Canegata

#Sexypink~ Sofia Gallisá Muriente is a Puerto Rican visual artist working mainly with video, film, photography, and text. Through multiple approaches to documentation, her work deepens the subjectivity of historical narratives, examining formal and informal archives, popular imaginaries and visual culture. She has been a resident artist of Museo La Ene (Argentina), Alice Yard (T&T), Solar (Tenerife) and the Smithsonian. She was also Co-director of the artist-run organization Beta-Local from 2014 to 2020. Her work has been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial, the Getty’s PST: LA/LA, ifa Galerie in Berlin and CCA Glasgow, among others.

~Sexypink~  Taisha Carrington is a multidisciplinary artist working in performance, sculpture, body adornment, and installation. Her work seeks to promote solidarity with the land and investigate the liminality of life in the Caribbean after colonialism and into the Anthropocene. Taisha invents ‘devices’ and explores performances for self-healing and facilitation of social dialogue about climate justice while proposing methods for rebirth, reclamation, and reimagining the value of Caribbean people and communities. Taisha received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2018 and currently works in Barbados collaborating with biochemists, farmers and medical practitioners to pool knowledge and resources and shed light on climate change.

~Sexypink~  Patrick Lafayette is a blind individual who has made significant contributions the lives of persons with disabilities in Jamaica, the Caribbean, and internationally. He was the first visually disabled individual to be employed to a major commercial radio entity in Jamaica in the 1980’s when he worked with Radio Jamaica’s Fame FM. He was a founding member of KLAS FM and later Kool 97 FM. He went on to become station manager at Kool 97 FM before leaving to start his own production company, Twin Audio Network in 2007. He also started his online radio station in 2015. Currently he works with persons with disabilities in Jamaica and the US re the use of the I-phone and other adaptive technologies and was featured by Apple in 2017. Lafayette has collaborated with foreign and local organisations, including the Dennis Brown Trust, VP Records, the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC, Choice FM in London, and XM Satellite Radio in the USA, to document and produce the history of Jamaica’s music culture. He is married to Indi and has two children, Leila and Djvan.

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Sexypink * From the facebook page of Annalee Davis ..... And if I devoted my life to one of its feathers? is a joint project by Kunsthalle Wien and Wiener Festwochen that reflects the struggles for collective survival and the processes involved in restoring social bonds – bonds disrupted by misogyny, colonialism, and imperial violence. Miguel López is the curator and the exhibition brings together some 35 artists and artworks from various cultural contexts to initiate a conversation about self-determination and social and ecological change. I'll be showing my Parasite Series drawings and I look forward to this experience. http://www.kunsthallewien.at/… #parasiteseries#postplantationeconomies #caribbeanart #contemporaryart#contamination #postcolonialism #imperialviolence #plantationocene#coloniallegacy #kunsthallewien

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~Sexypink~ Karen McLean

BLUE POWER - 2018 continues my conversation with the ongoing impact of economic displacement in the Caribbean; a lasting legacy of colonialism. I have been exploring how this legacy has allowed sub-cultures to develop creating instability and insecurity.

Protection and the various methods employed by our people are of interest to me. We use prayer, mythology and superstition in an attempt to keep us safe. Of particular interest to me are the syncretic religious practices found across the Caribbean.

BLUE POWER explores the historical forces that contributed to the development of these syncretic practices and questions their efficacy. They seek to protect but invariably fail to achieve any sustainable change or advantage. 

A situation replicated among many post-colonial countries resulting in frustration, desperation and frequently attempts to escape.