Arts & Culture
Bahamian named one of six hottest living artists
By LUX Magazine
Mar 14, 2014 - 6:34:43 AM

Bahamian artist Tavares Starchan

Columnist Lisa Schiff of LUX Magazine, a consultant to some of the world’s most prominent collectors, gives the lowdown on the six hottest living artists that everyone doesn’t know about.

Out of the six artists who hail from all over the world, Schiff counts Bahamian Tavares Strachan as "probably the best secret tip she could impart."

"Born and raised in The Bahamas, he [Tavares Strachan] made his way via scholarship to RISD for his BFA and Yale for his MFA. Now based in NY, he makes art that is informed by science and that largely engages timely questions about man vs. nature and man’s place in the world. Unlike other black artists, Tavares is not focused on blackness as a subject; rather he is interested in the way travel, the Internet, and globalization have contributed to general displacement for any race. He reminds us of Gauguin’s famous work: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Although he does not have representation just yet, it’s almost impossible to obtain works by Tavares. Somehow those in the know have already made their way to his studio."

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