BOMB 113/Fall 2010
The work of Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa has evolved from a utopian project for the future to a set of pieces with a more defined relationship to the discipline of architecture—one concerned with actual social and cultural problems in Cuba today.
Artistic, critic and curator Christopher Cozier has played a central role in the development of the Trinidadian art scene, challenging his colleagues and viewers to resist prescribed notions of Caribbean culture and nationality that he calls “islandness.”
Maria Elena González’s sculptures describe a confrontation between architecture and memory—of built and remembered identity.
Cuban writer Antonio Benítez-Rojo is best known for his monumental study The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Persepective. Author Robert Antoni and Benítez-Rojo discuss the true nature of cultural creolization.
Since his first novel in 1960, Palace of the Peacock, Wilson Harris has helped change the landscape of literature. Classically trained, he has redefined the very nature of contemporary storytelling by going back to pre-Columbian myth and history.
Zee Edgell, Belize’s principal contemporary author, embeds an entirely new strata of storytelling into Belize’s literary tradition. Her 1982 book Beka Lamb was the first novel written in a newly independent Belize to reach an international audience.
Eddie Bobè is a master percussionist, vocalist, composer and arranger. His expertise extends across a full spectrum of Afro-Caribbean music and traditions. Fellow drummer Frank Marino speaks with Bobè about the force that Afro-Caribbean music is today.
Haitian classical guitarist Frantz Casseus came to New York with the ambition to compose a distinct music, fusing the European classical tradition with Haitian folk elements.
Maraca’s technical proficiency as a flutist is complemented by his lightning-fast ear. Renowned in his native Cuba, Maraca earned his chops playing Cuban jazz with Chucho Valdés’s supergroup, Irakere, and composer Emiliano Salvador before he turned 23.
Orlando Hernandez on how controversy and time in prison shaped the art and career of Angel Delgado. This article is only available in print.
Carmen Cossu on how Annalee Davis’ mixed media art reveals a search for identity inspired by the artist’s native Barbados.
Magaly Espinosa on the installations and photographs of Glenda León and the artist’s fascination with seemingly unimportant objects. This article is only available in print.
Robin Greely on how Jorge Pineda’s sculptures utilize found objects to reflect sexual, social and political trauma and discontent. This article is only available in print.
Paul Ramirez Jones on how Kathryn Chan blends anthropology into her installations and photographs. This article is only available in print.
Jennifer Gonzalez reviews Pepón Osorio’s “surreal yet realist” art installations depicting everyday spaces at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts.
This First Proof contains the story “Ash on Guavas.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “The yard Man: An election poem,” “Fool-Fool Rose is leaving Labor-in-Vain Savannah,” “Praise to the mother of Jamaican art,” and “Rainstorm is weeping.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains an excerpt from Grace. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Sanctuary.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains an excerpt from The Story of the Cannibal Woman. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story “Triptych.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Viejo Niño,” and “As Long as the Sky Whirls.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
