The Liverpool Biennial is the largest contemporary visual arts
events in the UK. It is also one of the best attended in the world.
For ten weeks every two years, the city of Liverpool is transformed
into the most amazing living gallery of new art, showcasing the best
contemporary artists from around the world. This year’s Biennial
showcases six programmes, one of which is called “City States,” a
collection of shows exploring the cultural dynamics between cities and
states. “City States” consists of six international Pavilions and a
selection of artists from The Bahamas, Barbados, and Martinique were
the focus of the Caribbean Pavilion in an exhibition called Three
Moments.
In this exhibition, three moments become
symbolized by three Caribbean islands; The Bahamas, Martinique and
Barbados – ten artists selected on their ability to make work that
responds to contemporary and historical global themes. The artists
representing The Bahamas are John Beadle, Blue Curry, Lavar Munroe,
Lynn Parotti and Heino Schmid.For the first time artists from The
Bahamas are collectively making new work that responds to the city of
Liverpool while maintaining a distinctive stance on a 21st Century
Caribbean modernist aesthetic.
Three Moments is selected and curated by Dominique
Brebion (Martinique), Alissandra Cummins (Barbados), David A. Bailey
(London, Acting Director National Art Gallery of The Bahamas), Holly
Parotti (The Bahamas) and Allison Thompson (Barbados) in collaboration
with the ICF (International Curators’ Forum).
