Time to paint
A COLLECTION of paintings dubbed Metamorphosis is currently on show at Bolivar Gallery. The pieces are done by New Zealand-born John A. Terry who has been living in Jamaica since 1967.
Of subversion and creativity
Dear Cousin into Farin, MISS LOU come and gane. And doan badda wid dat, "hi, Amina, man, again? It was only a special Independence Party, one not meant to last forever. Could we just get back to normal now?"
Book review: Folklore given life
IN POST-COLONIAL
societies such as Jamaica, attitudes to folklore are often shrouded
in misunderstanding and misconceptions. Practitioners, particularly
of intuitive medicine, have been historically viewed with suspicion
and disdain in "civilised...
Monumental
mistake
I BELIEVE THAT our point of departure in evaluating Laura
Facey-Cooper's Redemption Song can only be its function as a national
monument, for which purpose it was commissioned. I believe a national
monument can be judged on the basis of two criteria: aesthetic value,
and symbolic value.
One
hell of a monument
THE DONS and donettes of the Jamaican art establishment
and their enforcers in the media are testing the nation.
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