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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Ideas - Exchanges- Experiences - UWI Art

UWI students get it right

Drawing by Nicolai Noel shown at the National Museum of Trinidad and Tobago

I ventured in to The National Museum on Friday to see the latest University of the West Indies student show. I was very pleased with the results. The only little issue I have is in the annex space. The work in that space looked like the poor step-child next to the wonderfully finished displays in the main gallery. At last the students are coming into a maturity in regard to process and presentation. There are definately reasons to go take a look. Pottery with a sensitivity by Adam Williams, gorgeous experimental bags made in mesh by Linda Goodridge, A super modern, whole grown art piece by Kim See Tai, a really tongue in cheek, cheeky, clever installation sculpture by Eden Bissoon and a lovely fractured canvas of riotous colour by Seema N. Pustam are all worth the trip. After many posts about my concerns about what is being prduced at UWI, this show is on the right track. - Adele

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Richard Bolai lives and works from Trinidad, West Indies. He is a bookbinder,Graphic designer and the author of thebookmann, which from 2004, has written and photographed independently aspects of Trinidad and Tobago's art culture.

In 2008, he began a series of self studies called Feinin which incorporated digital superpositions of artists who have left a mark in art history by using the internet as the core of reference. He also produced parodies relating to anthropological studies of Trinidad and Tobago, for example, folklore or observations of the society via class and stereotypes

The work then expanded by actually creating dimensional replicas, capturing a map over the subjects to explore the underling subconscious in the form of art. This aided the ability to analyze art by producing art parodies to understand the meaning behind it. No money was spent or assistance in producing these compositions from common items found in his home, a chair, a mirror, or old tyre.

The artists lists includes, da Vinci's Last Supper, Koons's dog, Hirst's spin paintings, Andres Serrano's piss Christ to Monet to name a few, over one hundred artists' have been completed, producing one in every 24 hour cycle.

It should be noted that with the feinin studies, you should see that actual work that is been parodied via the link. It makes no sense otherwise.

thebookmann archives is a source of information for art academics and students alike. A major contributor to thebookmann is Adele Todd

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