CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN/DIASPORA ART – INTRODUCING TWO NEW ARTISTS TO KNOW AND COLLECT

Jamaican Cubist – Hilroy Bulgin & Nigerian impressionist – Emmanuel Anaiye

Jamaican Cubist - Hilroy Bulgin

Bulgin’s art is influenced by African art, like the original cubists, taking inspiration from its motif from sculpture, paintings, masks, textiles, and personal decoration. His art is varied. Some are whimsical, others created for pure aesthetic, some entertainment, and some infused with political ideology and everyday social commentary. He has love (I would say obsession) of folklore art and “primitive” (outsider) art.

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“True Reflections” Jamaica – letting go of “TuPac”, finding Empathy, Inspiration & Connections

This is the Art Hedger’s second blog. “True Reflections” Jamaica – letting go of “TuPac”, finding Empathy, Inspiration & Connections. He stops off in Montego Bay before heading to a conference, Destination Experience in Kingston, and travels east to Ocho Rios where he visits an art gallery, “True Reflections”, and meets the artist, Granville Graham and a young boy who has formed an intense attachment to the Tupac, a fine work that the Art Hedger buys from the artist. The artist and boy must deal with letting go of the image. The Art Hedger experiences an empathetic moment. He travels further east to Annotto Bay where he meets masterful artists, father and son, Henry Lowe and Henry Granderson. He connects with the artists and is inspired.

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