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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
Kendal Hanna delivering his speech at Opening Photo: Bahamian Arts & Culture
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Nassau, Bahamas -
Now on exhibit at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is the long anticipated Retrospective Exhibition of "Happy Birthday to Me" featuring the work of Bahamian Master Artist Kendal Hanna.
This exhibition is beautifully and superbly curated by outgoing Director/Curator Dr. Erica James. It is a celebration of the life of a man whose work is carefully considered and contemplated, provocative and masterful.
Kendal Hanna was born on June 25, 1936 in Nassau, Bahamas. This exhibition was timed to coincide with the artist’s 75th birthday and features key works from his almost sixty-year career.
Minister of Education Desmond Bannister; Dr. Erica James, Director & Curator of the NAGB and Artist Kendal Hanna Photo: Bahamian Arts & Culture
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Hanna always had an experimental mind and at an early stage became immersed in the ideas and possibilities of Abstract Expressionism. While he concedes that his work may be difficult, he surmises:
“Everybody is more familiar with what is visible in an object, what the eye is focused on outwardly. When people express themselves like this it does surprise them. It is my subconscious mind expressing itself on the canvas. People will be faced with the unknown…
“One thing I’m quite certain of is my identity exists in these works. People looking at these works will know that I am a black man and that I am Bahamian.”
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Dr. Erica James, NAGB Director & Curator; Minister of Education Desmond Bannister; Artist Kendal Hanna; Dame Marguerite Pindling; and Dr. Gail Saunders, Chairman of the Board, NAGB Photo: Bahamian Arts & Culture
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Entrance to "Kendal Hanna: Happy Birthday to Me" Photo: Bahamian Arts & Culture
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