Toppa Top 10: Ten Jamaican Visual Artists You Should Know

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March 19, 2013


Dawn Scott
Dawn Scott

A mixed-media artist who also worked as a fashion, interior, stage, and set designer, Scott’s best-known work, 1985’s A Cultural Object (see above), was a spiral-shaped “zinc fence” structure which brought the harsh reality of Jamaica’s inner city life into its National Gallery, where it remains to this day.