Reviews
REPERSENTING HER GENDER – REPRESENTING HER NATION
by Edward Lucie Smith
Because Jamaica is English-speaking, the temptation has always been to see contemporary Jamaican culture as an offshoot of culture in Britain. Either that, or, because more than 90% of the Jamaican population is of African descent, to choose what looks like the obvious alternative – to see it as a version of African culture, transported to the Caribbean thanks to the iniquities of the slave trade.
RADIANT EARTH
by Anne Errey
Radiant Earth celebrates a decade of work, grounding and expressing love Laura Facey style. The Jamaican-based artist walks the earth lightly but delivers immense potency. Her sculptures, carved from massive cedar roots, mahogany and lignum vitae, are conceptually inspired by the alchemy of transformation - transformation that affects change personally and environmentally. In the process of confronting her own shadows, she has become what Jung
referred to as the ‘visionary artist’, a conduit offering access to an inner terrain.
WHERE I STAND
SOLANDRA
Soon after arrival in Jamaica, the visitor, drenched in the green of the climbing vines, the hardwood trees, the cane and ground crops will begin to notice the sharpening of the ‘lass – an affectionate term for a large lethal knife, that slips and slices through the forest, cutting and hacking - a redefining of the profile - of the green – to the containable - that leaves the vegetation hastily trimmed, eliminating the mystery of concealment.
RADIANT COMBS
Exhibition, Mount Plenty, St. Ann, Jamaica, December 2011
Radiant Earth celebrates a decade of work, grounding and expressing love Laura Faceystyle. The Jamaican-based artist walks the earth lightly but delivers immense potency. Her sculptures, carved from massive cedar roots, mahogany and lignum vitae, are conceptually inspired by the alchemy of transformation - transformation that affects change personally and environmentally. In the process of confronting her own shadows, she has become what Jung referred to as the ‘visionary artist’, a conduit offering access to an
THE EVERYTHING DOORS
REDEMPTION SONG
Redemption Song, 2003, bronze figures, cast iron dome, 10 & 11 ft. h. Monument at Emancipation Park, Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.Redemption Song, 2003, bronze figures, cast iron dome, 10 & 11 ft. h. Monument at Emancipation Park, Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.