exhibition
10/07/2020 — 27/09/2020
TENT
THE VISUAL LIFE OF SOCIAL AFFLICTION
The exhibition 'The Visual Life of Social Affliction' can be seen at TENT from July 10 to September 27. This traveling exhibition with 11 artists from the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora deals with the imagination of social suffering. With works that are sometimes poignant, but also full of beauty and hope, the artists engage with the long experience of violence and loss in the region.
The exhibition departs from the recognition that Caribbean societies have emerged from indigenous genocide, enslavement of Africans, and forced labor of Hindus and Javanese under colonial regimes - a history of structural violence whose impact on social life is still felt today . The exhibition tries to capture in images the deep impact of these surviving power patterns on people's lives.
The Visual Life of Social Affliction is a project by Small Ax, international magazine for Caribbean art criticism.