Fragments of Epic Memory

Anchored by an extensive selection from the world-class Montgomery Collection of Caribbean Photographs at the Art Gallery of Ontario, this title situates a range of prints, postcards, daguerreotypes and albums from the period just after emancipation in 1838 within a broader context of visual culture in the Caribbean. These works serve as counterpoints to the violence of the imperial project, constituting a conceptual generational bridge across history, geography, time and space.This critical volume includes works by Caribbean artists such as Wifredo Lam from Cuba, and Sir Frank Bowling and Aubrey Williams from Guyana ÐÊwho represent the first generation of migrant modernist artists ÐÊalongside 21st-century artists such as Paul Anthony Smith from Jamaica (based in the US), Zak OvŽ from Britain (of Trinidadian heritage), Nadia Huggins from Trinidad (based in St. Vincent) and Sandra Brewster from Canada (of Guyanese heritage), among others.
ISBN 9781636810126. DelMonico Books/Art Gallery of Ontario. hb. 232 pages. 100 colour ills. 26 x 26 cm.
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