Curated by Keith Morrison, the group exhibition “Caribbean Transitions” will run from June 11 to August 7, 2022, on the Katzen Arts Heart, American College Museum (positioned at 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC). Among the many twenty artists exhibiting on the exhibition are Edouard Duval Carrié (work proven above), Scherezade García, Pepón Osorio (work proven beneath), and Nari Ward.
June 11, 5:00pm—Gallery Speak by Keith Morrison (RSVP on Eventbrite)
June 11, 6:00-9:00pm—Opening Reception
Description: This exhibition explores the character, complexity, and originality of artwork by Caribbean American artists as they broaden the artwork of the North American continent. The 20 artists within the exhibition are revered internationally, and plenty of are represented in main museums in the US and overseas. They’re painters, printmakers, photographers, video makers, and set up and efficiency artists. A lot of the artists have been born within the Caribbean and migrated to the US; some have been born within the US to Caribbean mother and father; others dwell within the Caribbean and exhibit worldwide. Their histories come from Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and the US.
These artists reveal distinctive relationships between the Caribbean and the US in ways in which broaden and enrich a wider understanding of American artwork and tradition. The Caribbean is the historic fulcrum of the cultures of the Americas and the artwork on this exhibition exemplifies that significance. The themes the artists discover range tremendously, they usually have been chosen for the standard of their work whereas being aware of their variations. A number of the artists’ work developed from worldwide challenges they perceived whereas within the Caribbean, or, in different instances, challenges they realized in Europe and or the US.
For extra data, see https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2022/caribbean-transitions.cfm
[Image: First: Edouard Duval Carrié, “Beasts of Burden,” 2021; second: Pepón Osorio, “Lonely Soul,” 2008.]