Opening reception for Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art
Curated by Kristina Newman-Scott and Yona Backer| Host: | |
| Type: | |
| Network: | Global |
| Date: | Saturday, November 14, 2009 |
| Time: | 3:00pm - 6:00pm |
| Location: | Real Art Ways |
| Street: | 56 Arbor Street |
| City/Town: | Hartford, CT |
Description
Opening reception: 3-6 PM
members' reception: 1:30-3 PM
"Rockstone and Bootheel?"
This exhibition's name, which comes from a Jamaican dub-metal song ("Rockstone and Bootheel" by Ginny), is a colloquial phrase that means "taking a journey." Rockstone and Bootheel is, in fact, an exhibition composed of many journeys, sometimes conflicting, all influenced by the social, political, and economic conditions of life in the West Indies and the diaspora. "West Indies" refers to a group of islands in the Caribbean formerly under British control.
Curators Kristina Newman-Scott and Yona Backer have selected some of the most challenging work by new artists from the Anglophone Caribbean and diaspora for this unconventional exhibition. Discarding more formal, traditional ways of presenting group exhibitions, Rockstone and Bootheel is evocative of a high-energy “mash-up.”
Performances at the reception include Christopher Cozier's temporary sound installation, Sound System, and a performance by Zachary Fabri.
The exhibition's 39 participating artists are Akuzuru, Ewan Atkinson, Lawrence Graham Brown, Renee Cox, Christopher Cozier, Blue Curry, Sonya Clark, Makandal Dada, Annalee Davis, Khalil Deane, Zachary Fabri, Joscelyn Gardner, Marlon Griffith, Satch Hoyt, Christopher Irons, Leasho Johnson, Ras Kassa, Jayson Keeling, O’Neil Lawrence, Christina Leslie, Simone Leigh, Jaime Lee Loy, Dave McKenzie, Wendell McShine, Petrona Morrison, Karyn Olivier, Zak Ové, Ebony G. Patterson, Omari Ra, Peter Dean Rickards, Nadine Robinson, Sheena Rose, Oneika Russell, Heino Schmid, Phillip Thomas, Adele Todd, Nari Ward, Jay Will and Dave Williams.
A full schedule of coinciding film screenings, artist talks, and literary events will be available online soon.
members' reception: 1:30-3 PM
"Rockstone and Bootheel?"
This exhibition's name, which comes from a Jamaican dub-metal song ("Rockstone and Bootheel" by Ginny), is a colloquial phrase that means "taking a journey." Rockstone and Bootheel is, in fact, an exhibition composed of many journeys, sometimes conflicting, all influenced by the social, political, and economic conditions of life in the West Indies and the diaspora. "West Indies" refers to a group of islands in the Caribbean formerly under British control.
Curators Kristina Newman-Scott and Yona Backer have selected some of the most challenging work by new artists from the Anglophone Caribbean and diaspora for this unconventional exhibition. Discarding more formal, traditional ways of presenting group exhibitions, Rockstone and Bootheel is evocative of a high-energy “mash-up.”
Performances at the reception include Christopher Cozier's temporary sound installation, Sound System, and a performance by Zachary Fabri.
The exhibition's 39 participating artists are Akuzuru, Ewan Atkinson, Lawrence Graham Brown, Renee Cox, Christopher Cozier, Blue Curry, Sonya Clark, Makandal Dada, Annalee Davis, Khalil Deane, Zachary Fabri, Joscelyn Gardner, Marlon Griffith, Satch Hoyt, Christopher Irons, Leasho Johnson, Ras Kassa, Jayson Keeling, O’Neil Lawrence, Christina Leslie, Simone Leigh, Jaime Lee Loy, Dave McKenzie, Wendell McShine, Petrona Morrison, Karyn Olivier, Zak Ové, Ebony G. Patterson, Omari Ra, Peter Dean Rickards, Nadine Robinson, Sheena Rose, Oneika Russell, Heino Schmid, Phillip Thomas, Adele Todd, Nari Ward, Jay Will and Dave Williams.
A full schedule of coinciding film screenings, artist talks, and literary events will be available online soon.
Other Information
- Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.
Event Type
This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.
Admins
- Real Art Ways (creator)