Artists
The Inward Yearning of Jamaica’s ‘Intuitive’ Artists
In 1962, a new Jamaican consciousness and sense of self was reborn in fire through ceremonial state independence from Britain, its former enslaver and colonist. Not since the initiation of the Universal Negro Improvement Association – founded in 1914 by the internationalist political leaders Marcus Garvey and his first wife, Amy Ashwood Garvey – did the country’s Black majority overwhelmingly acknowledge themselves as the sons and daughters of the African diaspora and active participants in the global Black struggle for liberation, in tandem with the political selfhood they wished to attain. Central to these efforts were self-imaging and esteem-raising cultural work. As Jamaica-born historian Colin A. Palmer states in Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journey to Nationhood (2016): ‘The timing of Jamaica’s birth, for good or ill, was essentially an accident of history […] its fate would depend largely on the people’s capacity to imagine, design and build their own passageways to the future
Read more: https://www.frieze.com/article/rianna-jade-parker-jamaica-244
Artists
Earth Day Network India “Artists For The Earth Folk Art Exhibition on the Earth Day 2024 global theme Planet vs. Plastics” on 5th September, 2024, Teachers’ Day.
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To commemorate the 54th anniversary of Earth Day, EARTH DAY NETWORK INDIA launched a distinctive competition to focus on the Earth Day 2024 theme ‘Planet vs. Plastics’ that advocated for a decrease in plastic production and consumption, as well as the responsible management of any waste.
The contest invited young “Artists for the Earth” to create original artworks centred around this theme, with the goal of nurturing a sense of environmental consciousness and creativity among the younger generation, thereby fostering optimism for a more sustainable future. In homage to the harmonious relationship between Indigenous peoples and nature, the artistic styles utilized were limited to recognized folk art forms in India.
Much like the country’s economy, India’s art market is growing—fast. Recent years have seen an influx of new collectors, galleries, institutions, and art fairs, which, taken together, are actively fostering a burgeoning contemporary art scene.
Much of this growth is illustrated by the country’s auction houses, which saw total turnover surge from $1.46 million to $144.3 million between 2002 and 2023, according to Grant Thornton Bharat and the Indian Art Investor. In fact, last year was the most successful yet for Indian art auctions, and the momentum is being carried into 2024, marked by a nearly 40% rise in buyers, driven by newcomers.
Read more: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-5-indian-modernist-artists-market-momentum
On Saturday, June 1, I walked into a busy Volunteer Park, with cars lining the road. It was a cloudy, misty Saturday morning as a crowd came together in front of the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM). After a few minutes of anticipation, seven women, fully covered in sequined red, gold, blue, green, purple, orange, and violet chadors, walked out of SAAM and toward the center of the park. The chadoras walked through the crowd, speaking only through gestures, bestowing peace and warmth on everyone.
People greeted the chadoras, who responded with their hands on their hearts. They proceeded along the path to the museum steps, with the crowd following. With that, the Volunteer Park portion of the show came to a close, and the chadoras left to make their way to the next part of the show, Westlake Park, and ultimately the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) in Downtown Seattle.
