Artist Clayton Moore (right) explains his piece 'Eye Drops' to Sheryl Reid (left) and Carol Lebert. They were at the recent opening of the 'Young Generation' exhibition, at the Mutual Life Gallery, Oxford Road, Kingston. - Dennis CokeTHE 'YOUNG Generation' exhibition which opened at the Mutual Life Gallery, Oxford Road, Kingston recently featured 27 talented young artists whose creativity of expression left art lovers in awe.
According to Patrick Hylton, managing director of Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC), "each piece is a unique expression which cannot be duplicated. The artists displayed good artistic sense and maturity which is a tribute to the Edna Manley College."
He said he was not an art critic, but could appreciate the works of the featured artists. He emphasised the importance for the process to continue to encourage and teach children and adults to appreciate art. "Today's browser might be tomorrow's collector," he noted.
An 'installation' piece Nothing Lasts Forever by Tafui had many people offering their interpretations.
It is an arrangement of stones forming the male and female universal symbols into an androgynous symbol with two stones in the centre symbolising the ying and yang.
As persons moved around the exhibit, they accidentally kicked some of the stones out of their places. Some stopped to rearrange them, some didn't, while others were oblivious that they had moved them.
Michael Robinson's Untitled III, which is a relief abstract, also got much attention. The piece featured a pair of lips smoking a 'spliff', needles pasted to the canvas, as well as a half-burned clock.
Interpretations varied and the artist preferred it that way.
Clayton Moore's Eye Drops was one of the three ceramic pieces he put on display.
Other artists featured were; Wayne Lawrence, Vaughn Tucker, Kevin McIntyre, Donovan Samuels, Conrad Hartley, Carol Watson, Norma Hines-Brissett, Phyll Williams, Gilberto Medina Alcover, Lisa Mohamed, Michelle Chin-See, Sana Rose, Alicia Lazarus, Kereina Changfatt, Khali Deane, Jason Delevante, Wayne Rodney, Marsha Prendergast, Beverley Jackson, Waldy Simpson, Judith Campbell Jones, Celia Watson and Kristina Newman.
The turn out for this exhibition was overwhelming. Viewers had a challenging time as they tried to view all the works and speak to the artists present. Gilou Bauer, curator for the gallery, was very pleased with the response from viewers.
Among them were Dorothy Cunningham, Hector Wheeler, Andrea Beckford, Rupert Hartley, Dean Christie, Audley Hutchinson, Sheryl Reid and Neila Ebanks.
The exhibit closes on March 31.
Sonia Morgan
