Robert Joyette

  • Robert  Joyette
© Robert Joyette


Artist Statement



The up and down hill battles are at the forefront of my work. The inner self and psychological state and experiences are the vehicles that carry the work and allow the viewer to complete them. As I examine the history of the Caribbean and its dynamic and diverse culture, it is quite clear that all Europe competed for sovereign control.

These recent paintings were motivated by the words and lyrics of the Hon Bob Marley, a Jamaican reggae icon and his son Damion 'Junior Gong' Marley, who I had seen in concert recently. His latest album 'Distant Relatives' has influenced the works where there is a unconscious and conscious inter-play with political under tones and sexual innuendoes represented in obscured areas, techniques, textured surfaces and glazes. They also represent the starting point for the series: Pass-Age In Time.



Biography




Diploma in Fine Arts from the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston, Jamaica

Lives and works in Kingston, Jamaica

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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