International Exhibition Schedule 2011
Mon-Fri, 11:00 am -6:00 pm
canoe 1,357 resin figures, dried sugar cane 72 x 240
x 33 inches (182.88 x 609.6 x 83.82 cm) Photo:
Donnette Zacca
survey of art organized by the World Bank in partnership with the Inter-American
Development Bank, and the Organization of American States.
Shortly after the unveiling of the Redemption Song Monument - which stands at the
souvenir miniatures of the monument.
represented approximately nine hundred slaves who were transported to Jamaica. Part way
through this process I began to ‘see’ my miniatures in a canoe. A struggle began inside
me: How can I take my healed REDEMPTION SONG figures and place them in a slave ship
canoe? My husband, not knowing my inner turmoil, but sensing my interests as he often
does, read to me from The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair Thompson:
‘…The slave ships had their bodies for a little
while, but their spirits were already waitin’ for
them in these mountains and guiding them
here’.
Permission granted, I went in search of the perfect vessel. In Jamaica, our fishermen hollow
out canoes from giant cottonwood trees and I found such a canoe; my miniature figures were
installed; the symbolic vessel was set on a sea of sugar cane and
Pan Caribbean Building
60 Knutsford Boulevard
Kingston 5
Through July 2011
foam, gold leaf, roses. 10ft
National Gallery of Jamaica as part of Curator’s Eye 1, January 18 - June 19, 2004.
Upon invitation for this exhibit, it was suggested I create a religious piece. The seed was easily sown
and within a few days a rough five inch clay maquette of the BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
evolved. The piece would be ten feet tall with the chest wound of Christ and a shadow of red roses.
During experiences of the stigmata (the appearance of the sacred wounds of Christ) the perfume of
flowers has been evident. The concept complete,
the Spirit of God
is by complete humility.
He does not propound theories
for us to follow. Rather
he helps us in the going,
in the doing, in the self-loss,
in the throwing of our whole
selves into following the
naked Christ, ourselves naked.
Then things happen,
for the Holy Spirit is power
whereby we may learn
to hear truth.
Mother Mary Clare slg (1899-1987)
May 19 – September 8, 2011
A festival of contemporary sculpture to be held in 30 towns along the Scheldt, in the territories of
Cambrai, Valenciennes and the Hainaut. The Scheldt is a real link between the different cities of
this project, promoting the economic activities of different areas that border the region's agricultural
Cambrésis to industrial centers of the Scheldt in Belgium. Over 200 works will
The days leading up to the 23rd were tense. Half a mile from the exhibition site, an inner-city
community was in turmoil. Their area ‘Don’, an accused drug lord, was to be extradited to the USA
and a warrant for his arrest had been issued. PROPEL was postponed. A state of emergency was declared
and, over the course of the following three days, more than seventy people died in the joint police
and military operation.
encountered an armed, organized group of the Dons’ supporters. Witnesses told of seeing soldiers
and police shoot unarmed men at point-blank range. Whatever the truth, blood flowed from the heart of
that inner-city community under siege.
miles from the troubled site, I ached each day along with all Jamaicans as the tragedy unfolded. In the
extra month available to me, I I re-carved BLOOD OF ZINC, already shown in THE EVERYTHING DOORS, but
this time, it was presented in a new format, one that weeps openly.
‘to wash away all traces of negative patterns created
Redemption Song monument, 30 x 44 x 14 inches
high
I AM CLEAN, 2007, antique wash tub, chains, resin
miniatures of the Redemption Song Monument, 29 x
41 x 13 inches deep
Via Alberto Cadlolo 101
Art Transforming the World, May 25-27, 2011
Address to the Conference, Noon, Thursday
May 26
Caribbean Cultural
Conference 2011
1 Arthur Wint Drive, Kingston 5
October 2011