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Castellani House hosts ‘Evocations on Caribbean Literature Revisited’
An exhibition of recent works by Ron Savory titled ‘Evocations on Caribbean Literature Revisited’ has opened at the National Art Gallery, Castellani House.
Rupununi Memoir (Moco Moco Valley), P.D. Sharma 2009
Savory, practicing art for over 50 years, was the first artist who notably painted and interpreted the interior of Guyana in the late 1950s. This was especially in the interest of the wider public now beginning to appreciate visual art, following the activities of local artists groups such as E.R. Burrowes’ Working People’s Art Class and the Guianese Art Group.
According to the National Art Gallery, his interpretations of landscape involved experimentation with materials and methods of execution creating an imaginative response to his subject matter.
This approach is evident in the current exhibition, where he shows 33 works including 28 ‘Evocations’ inspired by his readings of some of Guyana and the Caribbean’s finest poets and writers. The theme was first presented in an exhibition in Port-of-Spain in 1982.
The exhibition is open until April 30.
Ron Savory also scheduled two informal lecture/discussion sessions at the National Gallery. The first one was held yesterday. It was open to the public, but in particular targeted the artists’ community and young artists in the first session.
The Canje, Edgar Mittelholzer 2010
In the second session on Wednesday evening, which he calls an invitation to ‘meet the artist’, he will speak of his life as a ‘3rd World practitioner’ over five decades in Guyana, St Lucia and the wider Caribbean region.
The artist is looking forward to comments, questions and discussions from the gallery audience.
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