The National Gallery of Cayman Islands is taking the 4th edition of the Cayman Islands Biennial to new horizons by inviting U.S.- based curators for their themed exhibition, Archipelago. This multi-sited exhibition represents the best submissions from Caymanian artists across all three islands and the Diaspora to showcase the breadth of diversity and creativity in this Caribbean country.
Always imbued with themes about travel and what is abstract about those memories this collection features figurative works executed with mixed media, from ink from ball point pens, water colours and pastel, utilised the depth and forms of the works to articulate vignettes about narrativised memories as artistic bounty.
Najaax Harun does not offer easy reflections. She offers portals. Her work is an invitation to stare into the mirror until it dissolves, until the frozen self, heart finally open, thaws and steps through.
His work joins a lineage of Afro-surrealist artists who re-explore the photograph as a space of possibility, resistance and speculation. By doing so, he reminds his audience that folklore and myth are not just elements of the past but also living forces that shape identities and envision futures.
The exhibition Between Distance and Desire rethinks traditional African art within today’s global political and cultural context.