![]() This list is by no means exhaustive, but rather, representative of a variety of artistic processes. On the occasion, we share below a selection of influential artists from the region at large. ![]() Most recently, a new exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami, “The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art,” curated by María Elena Ortiz and Marsha Pearce, is showcasing the work of emerging artists from the Caribbean. In turn, discussions have grown around Caribbean artists and the relationship between the continent and the islands the configurations of race and the rights to representation the use of disposable materials the persistence of colonialism the recovery of ancestral knowledge and spiritualities and the connection to the environment. Highlights include “Infinite Islands” at the Brooklyn Museum in New York (2007–08) “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World” at the Museo del Barrio in New York (2012) and “Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art from the Caribbean Archipelago” at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California (2018). ![]() Over the past 15 years, numerous exhibitions have contributed distinct readings of the work of artists of the Caribbean. Their work reflects the multitude of experiences of the region’s 26 countries as well as its many diasporic cultures in metropolitan centers. Contemporary artists from the Caribbean are pursuing practices that are kaleidoscopic in range and diverse in scope.
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