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I picked up a few Art Journals at the bookstore today; Art Forum, Art in America and Frieze. The content is good, it includes an elegant discussion of totalizing systems by Camille Henrot and an interview with the US representative to the 55th Venice Biennale, Susan Sze. Having been…
Originally posted on Asher Mains: Process:
Imagine a place where delegates from 125 countries and an additional 47 non-national exhibits set up their exhibits for about 4 months every 2 years. Imagine a city where the only billboard advertising is for art and the visiting Guggenheim exhibit is happily promoted over the speakers in the…
The ultimate of art adventures, the Venice Biennale has for 155 years been the premier art exhibition in the world. Grenada’s artists have not yet had the privilege of representing their country in art at this prestigious event, nonetheless, a contingent of Grenada’s leading artists found their way to Italy to be inspired by the…
A year ago, in very slow economic times, we closed our eyes and made a leap of faith. To take Art and Soul Gallery to another level we expanded our space in Spiceland Mall. The new space is large, welcoming, well lit, modern, cool, and best of all, filled with the work of some…
So of course Susan’s work is the last to come in. Maybe the oil paint was still drying–yes thats it, the oil paint was still drying! See at Art and Soul Gallery now. Remember you can purchase any of these paintings using our 6 month no interest payment…
Glass, paintings, ceramics, sculpture. Art from Grenada at its finest. New work from Maria McClafferty, Oliver Benoit, Asher Mains, Susan Mains, Richard Jack
Richard Jack was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1949. He began his career as an artist in 1976 in South Africa, painting and sculpting and exhibiting in Johannesburg and Durban. He returned to newly independent Zimbabwe in 1981 and then began working with wood, stone and steel. Due to the political unrest and economic uncertainty, in…
Asher relayed the story of these paintings: “I had a friend who posted on facebook the story of how through a set of circumstances he traveled from one city to another, one job to another, until he finally ended up in California. There he met the love of his life, who became his…
The Paintings of Larry Catanzaro are vibrant and textural works, inspired by the power of the symbols. In his travel’s he is forever mesmerized by the beauty that iconic symbols have in today’s culture and in the past. Amazed in the their powers, he explores the content of their expression and incorporates them in his painting’s in various ways. The central theme of these images are magical…
The sky is violet grey, maybe getting ready to be violent, but a streak of sunshine comes in from the west to illuminate the sails. The sailing continues.
Market on Bag 24″ x 36″ This compelling work of art follows in a series that Asher began following an extended stay in Ghana, West Africa. The Market place is much like a Caribbean Market, including the people. He found many similarities between West Africa and the Caribbean, and ever so often, these parallels creepinto…
We welcome Larry Catanzaro to the group of artist represented by Art and Soul. Larry is a long time resident of Grenada. His extensive travel has inspired his work, and the symbols of many cultures find their way into his detailed works.
60″ x 48″ Oil on Canvas Asher painted this work a couple years ago during the time of the earthquake in Haiti. What struck him was how in a matter of minutes the work and building of centuries had been levelled–turned to dust. This started his thought process on the theme of this painting. He…
Marie Messenger, our local magician with ceramic, brought in this beautiful piece that we caught her in video doing on January 1, 2013. Samuel is so amazing, sitting there in his firy red shirt, holding his red fish. All the details so perfectly and elegantly captured by Marie. Here he will sit until he moves…
These wooden boats that are raced in Grenada and the Grenadines have a life of their own propelled by the love of the sea by the men and young men racing them. They may not follow the rules of international sailing, but they have a code all their own, often loudly disputed at the end…
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