Political atrocities and poetry combine in the work of installation and video artist Alfredo Jaar
Tag Archives: the americas and the caribbean
Review no 93: Margarita Cabrera – Mexican artist
political artist Margarita Cabrera
Review no 89: When Time Stopped – A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann (Venezuela)
A brilliant memoir of a woman’s research into her father’s incredible story of bravery and survival
Review no 88: Artist Frank Bowling (Guyana)
Abstract artist Frank Bowling
Review no 84: Golden Child by Claire Adam (Trinidad and Tobago)
Thought-provoking and moving examination of poverty and parental ambition, which unspools with page-turning intensity
Review no 79: Kiss of the Spider Woman – book by Manuel Puig (Argentina)
Entertaining, multi-layered 1970s Latin American tale, set in an Argentinian prison
Review no 72: Gloria: film by Sebastián Lelio (Chile)
AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN Gloria was released in 2013, and is co-written and directed by Sebastián Lelio. The movie tells the story of a late middle-aged woman who embarks on a conflicted romance with an older man. She’s feeling lonely – her children are independent, although you have the sense that their lives are not […]
Review no 65: Art for a period of lockdown: US artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN I have long admired the work of acclaimed American artist Edward Hopper, probably most famous for his work Nighthawks. His life and work has been written about particularly evocatively by Olivia Laing in her book The Lonely City. That book talked about the effects of loneliness on creativity, and on […]
Review no 64: Loop, book by Brenda Lozano (Mexico)
Rambling account of a long wait
Review no 55: Christine Craig, Mint Tea and Other Stories (Jamaica)
Proficient short stories set mainly in Jamaica
