The 14th Underground Artwork competition opened on Saturday, April 2, in Montreal, Canada, with exhibitions operating via June 30. 2022. Exploring the theme “Voies-Voix résilientes” [Resilient Ways-Voices], the up to date artwork occasion presents the works of round forty artists who’ve labored with regards to resilience, but additionally on reminiscence and social justice. That includes Caribbean artists corresponding to Richard-Viktor Sainsily Cayol (Guadeloupe) and Jean-François Boclé (Martinique), the exhibition is co-curated by Guadeloupean artist and researcher Eddy Firmin. In La Presse, Éric Clément writes:
Artists embrace Nadia Myre, David Garneau, MeyerMétivier DesignHaus, Maria Ezcurra, Marcella França, Shantal Miller, Charles Campbell, Catherine Blackburn, Kassandra Reynolds, Jean-François Boclé, and Richard-Viktor Sainsily Cayol. A range favored by the curators of the occasion, the artist of Caribbean origin Eddy Firmin and the curators of Intervals, Caroline Douville, Maria Ezcurra, Miwa Kojima, Romeo Gongora and Dominique Fontaine. [. . .]
In “Tout doit disparaître !” [Everything must disappear!], Jean-François Boclé makes use of blue plastic baggage to speak concerning the maritime deportation of Africans to America, their commodification, present consumerism, and the air pollution of the oceans, areas as little protected as those that have interaction their hopes of freedom and survival. [The artist mentioned that he is not, in fact, making a statement about the pollution of oceans, but rather about considering what a Black Atlantic memorial could be. IR]
In the identical vein, Richard-Viktor Sainsily Cayol reveals a extremely narrative sculpture with its picket barrels dotted with brass spikes that inform the story of the black slave commerce and its unbelievable violence. A historic reflection on the despicable exploitation of human beings, but additionally present on the results of our consumption decisions on the dwelling situations of the individuals who create, manufacture or bundle the merchandise we purchase. [. . .]
For extra data, see https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/2022-04-01/art-souterrain/la-resilience-comme-dernier-refuge.php#
Additionally see https://www.eddyfirmin.com/, https://www.saatchigallery.com/artist/jean_francois_bocle, and https://sainsily-cayol.com/
[Photos above by David Boilly.]