Pictures from Paradise: A Survey of Contemporary Caribbean Photography
The works are presented within four adjoining shipping containers alongside Lake Ontario, inviting contemplation about issues of consumerism, globalization, tourism, migration, and the ever-present legacy of slavery in Caribbean history. Placing the works outside of the typical exhibition space of a gallery also signals a different type of storytelling, one that responds to, and moves beyond the limited narratives around a Caribbean “paradise.” It explores Caribbean identity in a way that addresses the important question posed by Stuart Hall, the celebrated Jamaican/British cultural theorist: “If you are not that, who are you?”
Radcliffe Roye, Red Cap, 2010
O’Neil Lawrence, Re-Identified
Installation view with Gerard H. Gaskin’s work (left)
Portraits by Gerard H. Gaskin
Installation view with Marvin Bartley’s photographs
Work by Marvin Bartley
Holly Bynoe, Imperial , 2010
Works by Rodell Warner (left) and Ebony G. Patterson (right)
Visitor in front of Ebony G Patterson, Entourage
Photo: Summer Sun
*Exhibition information: May 1 – 25, 2014, Shipping Containers behind the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto. Gallery hours: Tue–Sun 10 – 5, Thu 10 – 8 p.m.