Arts
Episode 71 features painter Che Lovelace. Based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Che’s art originates primarily from his experience of living and working in Trinidad and Tobago. His paintings which are rendered in a vivid assortment of acrylic and dry pigment on combined board panels, are strongly rooted in depicting the dense, highly charged layers of the Trinidadian landscape which he sees as physical, social and spiritual. The subjects of his paintings emerge from and flow freely between the streets of Port of Spain, to the rural natural vegetation, to the human form and back to the interior of his studio. His recent one person exhibitions have been at Various Small Fires, Los Angeles in 2021, Galerie Eric Hussenout, Paris and Half Gallery, New York, Recent group exhibitions have been “Resting Point of Accommodation” Almine Rech, Brussels, "Get Up, Stand Up Now”, Somerset House, London and “Still-Life: An Ongoing Story”, Galerie Sebastien Bertrand, Geneva. Che Lovelace was born 1969 in San Fernando, Trinidad and grew up in the east coast village of Matura. He received his fine art training at l’Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts de la Martinique. He has been a principal collaborator on several arts, Carnival and entertainment projects including the Studio Film Club and the recently established Friends For The Road J’Ouvert…a traditional Carnival project. His practice increasingly includes elements of performance which he absorbs into his painting process. Lovelace currently lecturers at the University of the West Indies Creative Arts department. Artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Lovelace W Magazine https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/che-lovelace-various-small-fires-trinidad Very Small Fires http://www.vsf.la/artist_post/che-lovelace/ Galerie Hussenot https://www.galeriehussenot.com/exposition/2347/ Vigo Gallery https://www.vigogallery.com/artists/13 Half Gallery https://halfgallery.com/che-lovelace New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/che-lovelace Pree https://preelit.com/category/che-lovelace/