This exhibition is the National Gallery of Jamaica's contribution to the conversation about Kingston as a Creative City – a UNESCO designation the city received in 2015 for its role in music – but presented from the perspective of the visual arts. The initial exhibition brief was to explore the role of Kingston in the development of Jamaican art and conversely, to explore the role, actual and potential, of art in the development of Kingston. The exhibition was assigned to Assistant Curator Monique Barnett-Davidson,
as her first solo-curated exhibition, and we could think of no one better, given her previous research, curatorial work, and publication on street art.
Cover from the Kingston Catalogue
Interior pages from the Kingston Catalogue
© National Gallery West, National Gallery of Jamaica and the Artists, all right reserved
Published by National Gallery of Jamaica on July 31, 2016
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Footage by Garth Daley
Edited by Me (Stephanie Channer)
