Richard Rawlins'
'PIERROT JUMBIE (2023)'
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Richard rawlins
'PIERROT JUMBIE (2023)'
Monday 5th October – sunday 1st November
24 hours just walk by
Afri-Co-Lab, 3 Marine Court, Tn38 0DX
About: 'PIERROT JUMBIE (2023)'
Reflections about the work:
In Pierrot Jumbie (2023), Richard brings together the Pierrot Grenade and the Moko Jumbie in a transatlantic conversation between Africa, the Caribbean and Britain. One figure is grounded in language, wit and social commentary; the other in elevation, watchfulness and spiritual presence.
What interests Richard is what happens when they meet: how culture is shaped through movement, exchange, rupture and reinvention.
'PIERROT JUMBIE (2023)'
photography by
richard
rawlins
Artist
bio
Richard Mark Rawlins (b.1967 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian-British artist based in Hastings, UK, and a graduate of the Royal College of Art's Print programme (2019).
His practice spans drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, performance, and new media, with a sustained focus on Caribbean life, post-colonial history, diaspora politics, and Black identity.
His work is held in collections including the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Wedge Curatorial Toronto, and Soho House. He has exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Drawing Room, Somerset House, Hastings Contemporary, and the Jamaica Biennial, with commissions through Hospital Rooms and featured in publications by Tate Publishing and Thames and Hudson.