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Sexypink - A must see if you are in Jamaica.

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                                           Seen on Facebook....

Liberty Mission Accomplished ... this is all that’s left of the Althea McNish limited collection; it sold like hot cakes with many designs no longer available)

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           Simone Elizabeth Saunders - Canadian/Jamaican Artist

Saunders explores themes of the diaspora, ancestorship and black womanhood. Her work includes iconography from her Jamaican heritage and engages withsocio-cultural factors reclaiming power from oppressive ideologies.

Works seen here: It Matters II, 2020 hand-tufted velvet and acrylic yarn on rug warp, 81.28 x 58.42 x 1.5 cm. Private Collection. Courtesy of the artist.

She Reveals, 2022hand-tufted acrylic, wool and velvet yarn on rug warp. 165.1 cm x 153.67 cm x 1.5 cm.

A Prayer, 2021hand-tufted acrylic and cotton yarn on rug warp.167.64 cm x 162.56 cm x 1.5 cm. Photo by Jesse Tamayo.

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Sexypink - Tessa Alexander Sloane Seale - Carnival work in Trinidad and Tobago-2023

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Statement from Tessa herself ....

Carnival comes home and we celebrate 60yrs of Panorama! 

Who ready...Living Ritual series 2023. 

Each watercolour and collage pan piece is 11x14" (28x35.6cm) but can be combined to form a larger piece as shown.

This series incorporates my research on ancestral art techniques and textiles acknowledging the contributions of those who against all odds gifted us with our carnival culture.

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Sexypink - TERN is proud to announce our upcoming exhibition, “Evidence of Possibility” by regional artists, Mark King and Rodell Warner.

Barbadian Artist Mark King | Trinidad and Tobago Artist Rodell Warner

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Mark King is a Barbadian interdisciplinary artist working in photography, installation, fashion, and sculpture.

Rodell Warner is a Trinidadian artist working primarily in new media and photography whose works assume various forms in a process of exploration and rediscovery.

Barbadian Artist Mark King

Together, King and Warner present the “evidence of possibility”, pushing each other past the boundaries of their respective practices at the intersection of fine art, research, and technology.

This exhibition features AI-generated images on aluminum, ceramic sculptures, video prints, and textiles

Trinidad and Tobago Artist Rodell Warner

“Evidence of Possibility” will run from September 20th to November 4th, 2023 with an opening reception on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023, from 6 pm - 8 pm.

For more information on this exhibition, email us at [email protected].

We look forward to celebrating with you then!

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                          Guyanese British Artist | Suchitra Mattai

Image:The light we know and the dark we keep, 2022, vintage saris, fabric, and tassels, 122" x 115"

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In her own words...

I am a multi-disciplinary artist of Indo-Caribbean descent.  My experiences living in several countries and cultural contexts have greatly shaped my artistic practice.   Recent and upcoming projects include a commission for the Sharjah Biennial 14, “State of the Art 2020” at Crystal Bridges Museum/the Momentary, a Denver Art Museum and the Biennial of the Americas jointly sponsored installation, a commission for the MCA’s Octopus Initiative, solo exhibitions at the Boise Art Museum of Art (2021), K Contemporary Art (2020), Unit London (2022), Hollis Taggart NYC (2022), and the Center for Visual Arts, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2018) and group exhibitions at Kavi Gupta Gallery (2021), Aicon Gallery (2021), Unit London ( 2021), Pen and Brush NYC (2019), and the San Antonio Museum of Art (2021).   I received an MFA in painting and drawing and an MA in South Asian art from the University of Pennsylvania, PA.  My work has been reviewed in publications and on-line platforms such as Hyperallergic, Document Journal, the Boston Globe, Widewalls, Cultured Magazine, and Wallpaper Magazine and is in the collections of Crystal Bridges Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and the Taylor Art Collection.

Statement

I am interested in how memory allows us to unravel and re-imagine historical narratives. My primary pursuit is to give voice to people whose voices were once quieted.  Using both my own family’s ocean migrations and research on the period of colonial indentured labor during the 19th Century, I seek to expand our sense of “history.” Re-writing this colonial history contributes to contemporary dialogue by making visible the struggles and perseverance of those who lived it.   I often focus on women and employ practices and materials associated with the domestic sphere such as embroidery, weaving, various fiber elements, etc.  I re-imagine vintage and found materials that have a rich past as a way of creating a dialogue with the original makers and the time periods in which they were cherished as well as a means of navigating my own personal narrative.  I often use vintage saris as a way of connecting women of the South Asian diaspora from around the world. Thinking about colonization in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean is a way of tracing my family’s history in Guyana and India and of fostering discussion around contemporary issues surrounding gender and labor. Combining, re-contextualizing, and reconfiguring disparate materials is a way of making sense of the world around me and of reconciling multiple cultural spheres that I inhabit as an Indo-Caribbean woman.

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         Suchitra Mattai | A look at the work of the Indo-Guyanese Artist

Herself as another (full), 2022, acrylic, gouache, fabric, cord, trim, earrings, and family necklace, 66" x 72"

the power to give, the power to receive, 2022, acrylic, oil, and fiber trim on fabric, 60" x 48"

the theater of joy, 2021, embroidery floss, beads, faux gems, fabric, vintage beaded fabric, and found theater mask from India, 48" x 54"

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                   Trinbagonian Textile Pioneer Althea McNish

Althea McNish (1924 – 2020) was amongst the first, if not the first, designer of African-Caribbean descent to achieve international recognition. 

In 1951, 27-year-old Althea McNish moved with her mother from Port of Spain in Trinidad to London, where her father was working. 

McNish's mother was a well-regarded dressmaker and dress designer and her father, a writer and publisher. From a young age they fostered their daughter's passion for drawing and painting. 

An aspiring artist, McNish was a junior member of the Trinidad Arts Society at a time when the country was a thriving cultural centre edging closer to independence, and she presented her first exhibition in Port of Spain in her teens."

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~Sexypink~ Bahamian Artist Giovanna Swaby justifies why embroidery is so hot!

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~Sexypink~ Artist, Designer, Textiles Trailblazer, Pioneering spirit

Althea McNeish returned home to the collective consciousness 16 April 2020.

A trailblazer from Trinidad & Tobago she studied at the Royal College of Art. Her gift for using and expressing colour in her pattern designs caught the attention of Liberty's owner who approached her and started producing her designs. This was in the late 1950's.A member of the Windrush generation, Althea's artistic gift and creativity introduced Britain's textiles industry to her unique world of expressing colour in art and print.She blazed the design trail with many firsts as a Black female artist-designer. Her creativity was featured in the fashion houses of Dior and Balenciaga. She also designed outfits for one of the Queen's official visit to Trinidad. If today is the first time you are hearing of Ancestor Althea McNeish, please honour her memory by sharing this post widely with your 'community' - young and old and so that her light can continue to be an inspiration to Us All.

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~Sexypink~ Veronica Ryan is the next Montserratian of the Windrush Generation being featured on MH. She was born in Montserrat in 1956 and moved to England as an infant. She currently works between the UK and New York. Veronica just so happens to be one of the premier and most exciting black female sculptors globally. She has had her pieces displayed in many of the most prestigious international art galleries, including the Tate in the UK. In June 2020 she was chosen to create a new sculpture honouring the Windrush generation, to be unveiled in London in 2021.https://www.theguardian.com/.../sculptures-honouring...\

“Born in 1956 in Plymouth, Montserrat and raised in England, Veronica Ryan creates meticulously handcrafted work using a wide range of materials, including bronze, plaster, marble, textile, and found objects. Her sculptures and installations examine environmental and sociopolitical concerns, personal narratives and memories, as well as the wider psychological implications of history, trauma and recovery. Ryan has studied at St. Albans College of Art and Design, Bath Academy of Art in Corsham Court, The Slade School of Art at University College, London, and The School of Oriental and African Studies at London University. Over her forty-year career, she has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and residencies within the U.K., the U.S., and abroad.”Read more into the fascinating mind of Montserratian artist Veronica Ryan and how the island has inspired her work in the interview at link below. https://www.studiointernational.com/.../veronica-ryan...

“Ryan’s work draws on her enquiries into ancestral history as well as experiences of place, home, memory and loss. Her work is characterised by an interest in containment and the container, probing the poetic associations around what is hidden or revealed. In her sculptures and installations, Ryan brings together a wide range of techniques and materials that vary from cast forms in plaster, clay, bronze and aluminium, to more ephemeral found materials such as dried flowers, fruit, feathers and dust. These material combinations create fragile propositions that convey the personal and psychological residue held within objects, and interrogate collective processes such as the exportation of agricultural commodities, the migration of peoples and notions of diaspora” View examples of her work here. https://www.spikeisland.org.uk/.../exhibit.../veronica-ryan/ source: https://yorkshire-sculpture.org/.../sculpture-talk.../ Veronica Ryan, Armour, Armature, 2017. Courtesy of The Art House.

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