Visual Culture: Paint Jamaica Re-Imagines Downtown Kingston
The volunteer art collective Paint Jamaica aims to transform downtown Kingston with uplifting and beautiful murals.
Visual Culture: Taj Francis’ TENFOLD: Opus Series
Words by Saxon Baird—
Taj Francis, who was featured in our Toppa Ten Jamaican Artists You Should Know spotlight last year, has been catching our eyes for a minute now with his psychedelic, reggae-meets-a... Read More...
Visual Culture: Designer Brent Rollins
Words by Natalie Weiner, Photo by Greg Washington —
Brooklyn-based, LA-raised artist and Complex art director Brent Rollins doesn't exactly need to pad his resume. The half-Bajan, half-Vietnamese illustr... Read More...
Visual Culture: Lord Blakely’s “Portraits of a Ninja” Exhibition
Words by Jesse Serwer, Images by Lord Blakely—
Portland, Oregon-based visual artist Blakely Dadson, a/k/a Lord Blakely, caught our attention earlier this year with one of the more unusual dancehall-inspire... Read More...
Visual Culture: Trinidad’s Miles Regis At Art Basel Miami
Words by Natalie Weiner—
Miles Regis is an LA-based, Trinidad-born visual artist whose work is being featured at the Art of Fusion MIA exhibition as part of the Art Basel Miami festival. Regis comes from a... Read More...
Visual Culture: Finding the Caribbean at Art Basel
Words by Natalie Weiner— Art Basel, though legendary in the art world (and for the crazy parties that inevitably go along with it), is not necessarily known for its commitment to diversity. Miami is just one of... Read More...
Visual Culture: Kehinde Wiley Takes On Jamaica
Words by Jesse Serwer—
While the world obsesses over Banksy's public art project/publicity stunt in New York, one of New York's best artists is over in Banksy's homebase of London showing work that—to ... Read More...
The Harder They Come: 40th Anniversary
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the legendary film The Harder They Come, and to celebrate, it will be re-released in a restored & remastered version for one night only on September 5th in theate... Read More...
Visual Culture: Artist Danielle Mastrion Celebrates Kool Herc + 40 Years of Hip-Hop
Words by Kieran K. Meadows, Art by Danielle Mastrion—
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of hip-hop. Or more precisely 40 years to the day -- August 11, 1973 -- that a young DJ of Jamaican descent threw... Read More...
Visual Culture: The Photographs of Pogus Caesar
Words and Interview by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Pogus Caesar—
St. Kitts-born Pogus Caesar has captured the heartbeat of the Caribbean community in the U.K.—and particularly in his hometown of Birmingham, ... Read More...
Visual Culture: Lee “Scratch” Perry’s “Repent Americans” Art Exhibition
Words by Kieran K. Meadows—
Anyone who has ever seen producer Lee "Scratch" Perry perform—or even speak in on-camera interviews—knows that the man is an artist in every sense of the word. From his sponta... Read More...
LargeUp TV: LargeUp Meets River Sand at Roktowa Downtown
Words by Erin Hansen, Photos and Video by Martei Korley—
Jamaica's film and art scene has slowly been building momentum with a new generation. A recent international publication pointed attention at tw... Read More...