INTRODUCING

Christina Leslie's Portraits

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Annalee Davis: ON THE MAP

Annalee Davis, experienced visual artist, activist, designer tells us about a recent project, ON THE MAP, a documentary video project. For artists who are interested in venturing into making documentaries and some activist projects, Davis sets an example. What is 'On the Map' about and what does it seek to achieve? ON THE MAP is a thirty minute video project airing intimate discussions with undocumented Caribbean migrants who speak of life between...

Monday, October 12, 2009

Shaving Bob Marley and giving you the finger.

Yuli Kande's (寒出 優里) works from Kyoto Current Living in Kingston, made me realise many things. One of which is that Bob Marley is one of the nation's most imaged persons in public spaces. Visiting Kyoto Current a couple weeks ago at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art allowed me to see the image that is familiar but now represented differently. The Bob Marley portrait is just one of several large iconic portraits done by Yuli Kande. From an...