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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Jordan Harrison
Jordan Harrison Jordan Harrison – Traumatic Voyage Series 1 The main concept of the body of work is geared towards exploring the devastating impact of male rape, but more specifically the psychological...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Melanie Henriques
Melanie Henriques Melaine Henriques – Among the Vine (left) and Vase (right) “Over twenty years ago, Melanie took a pottery class just for fun and was hooked. After a hiatus to start a family, she...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Sean Henry
Sean Henry Sean Henry – Fudgie Fudgie is the common term that refers to the local ice cream man who supplies the community with an assortment of delightful frozen treats. This piece embodies the...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Bernard Hoyes
Bernard Hoyes “Silent Sparrow”…..2018 “tribute to unrecorded Reggae Artists.” From a sub-series that reconsider the prevalence of recording technology that was unavailable to many musicians at the...
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Last Sundays September 29, 2019 to ft. QUILT
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programming for September 29th will feature a performance by QUILT. The inaugural NGJ Summer Exhibition 2019 will also be on view. The NGJ Summer...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Christopher Irons
Christopher Irons Christopher Irons from Jamaica created a sculpture as a tribute to the late great Jamaican artist, Christopher Gonzalez, titled “Cornerstone”. The work was made from red bricks that...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Hanif James
Hanif James Hanif James – Lost Identity “Beyond Self” consists of two photographic works namely, “Mirrored Identity” and “Reshaped Identity”. The pieces attempt to convey the contrasting difference...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Albert Chong
Albert Chong Albert Chong – Throne for Ancestors Series When I was still living in Brooklyn, New York in 1987, I picked up a discarded chair from the streets of my neighborhood in Williamsburg. I took...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Rani Carson
Rani Carson Rani Carson – Transfiguration “Transfiguration” moves gradually from war to peace, from matter to spirit. A soldier in the news, a figure at war, is transformed by the light of...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Lucille Junkere
Lucille Junkere Lucille Junkere – The Yoruba Blues from Abeokuta Nigeria to Abeokuta Jamaica The Yorùbá Blues responds to my ongoing research of Jamaica’s former indigo plantations linking to my 2016...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Amy Laskin
Amy Laskin Amy Laskin – Haute Couture and Mother Nature Marry My studio is in mountainous rural Jamaica, where I get most of my artistic inspiration, from the rich biodiversity. In my painting...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Michele Lee Lambert
Michele Lee Lambert Michele Lee Lambert – Downtown Deco After the 1907 earthquake that devastated much of Kingston, Art Deco buildings were built in the downtown area, most of which are now in ruins...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Jeana Lindo
Jeana Lindo Jeana Lindo – Sunlit Man When I photograph men, they tend to cover their faces or pose in ways that conceal their true nature. I always push them to change this behavior in order to reveal...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Lisa Lindo
Lisa Lindo Lisa Lindo – Dougie’s Gift In celebration of our 31 year relationship, built on trust, respect and commitment to the journey before us. We are stronger together. Combining wood and steel,...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Judy Ann MacMillan
Judy Ann MacMillan Judy MacMillan – Nana 2 It is about vision. How the human eye sees, subjectively, not how the camera sees. It is about skill, requiring a great deal of practice to synchronise the...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Bryan McFarlane
Bryan McFarlane Bryan McFarlane – Like the Weather at the Ocean I have a long and committed interest in the intersection of the practice of art making, art history and contemporary critical discussion....
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Jag Mehta
Jag Mehta I start on a new ceramic piece with very vague idea as to its shape or its finished look. However it very rarely turns out like my original idea. As I work with a piece of clay in my hands...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Michael Chambers
Michael Chambers Michael Chambers – Builders of Empires Chambers addresses controversial topics with his photographic artistry that reflect his diaspora. Some of these topics include social injustice,...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Courtney Morris
Courtney Morris My work examines the complexities of place, ecology, memory, and the constant search for “home.” Specifically I am interested in understanding the ways that we inhabit place – through...
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NGJ Summer Exhibition: Mazola Wa Mwashighadi
Mazola Wa Mwashighadi The Earth is our collective mother. It is imperative that we cast away our flagged identities and accord her the same unconditional love as our individual mothers in order to...
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