When Night Stirred at Sea: Contemporary Caribbean Art

This exhibition is presented by CArt in partnership with PAMA and BAND Gallery. The works featured in this exhibition were created by artists from the English Caribbean islands. They explore themes of identity, community, colonization, globalization, social justice, activism and climate change. The exhibition provides a small window unto the complex beauty and inherent tensions of Caribbean cultural identity that connect this region and the larger Caribbean diaspora to the world. It is with great hope that this exhibition in its focus on English Caribbean art can help viewers begin to explore and shape a more wholistic narrative for the entire region which is also comprised of French and Dutch islands, and highlight a distinct yet ultimately connected Caribbean aesthetic, alongside the already celebrated Latin American/Caribbean voices. In exploring this region, we bring attention to a too often ignored area and to the ways in which we are all ultimately connected.

Curated by Karen Carter and Greg Manuel.

This artist talk, moderated by co-curator Karen Carter, will focus on the painters and textile artists in the exhibition ‘When Night Stirred at Sea: Contemporary Caribbean Art’ on view at PAMA October 2020 - February 2021. The artists; Javier Dayes, Miles Regis, Owen Gordon, Krystal Ball, and Katrina Coombs, will take time to explain their individual practices and influences.

Also joining the discussion will be a panel of guest commentators; Gaetane Verna(The Power Plant), Shelley Falconer(Art Gallery of Hamilton), and Sarah Quinton(Textile Museum of Canada).