NO OCEAN BETWEEN US – The Surinamese collection

Описание: NO OCEAN BETWEEN US – The Surinamese collection

Starting from Friday, May 5, Readytex Art Gallery welcomed visitors to a special exhibition titled NO OCEAN BETWEEN US – The Surinamese Collection. Here, visitors had the opportunity to personally enjoy the contribution of our Surinamese artists to a traveling exhibition that was on display in various museums and institutes throughout the USA in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The exhibition showcased upwards of 65 modern and contemporary works of art from Latin-American and Caribbean artists of Asian descent. Originally inspired by the permanent collection of the Organization of American States | Art Museum of the Americas and curated by Adriana Ospina, Acting Director and Collection Curator of the Art Museum of the Americas at the OAS, the first exhibition was shown in October 2020 at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan, under the title: Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1945 – Present. Subsequently, the exhibition then titled No Ocean between us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1945 – Present, was shown at: San Antonio Museum of Art in San Antonio, Texas; Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC; Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania and Middlebury College Museum of Art in Middlebury, Vermont. In a diverse collection of paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and mixed media works by artists from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago, visitors were guided along a geographical journey, during which they could explore the influence of migration and diaspora on the work and experiences of these artists with Asian roots. It is worth mentioning that the exhibitions in the USA included a striking artwork by the late Soeki Irodikromo, one that is part of the permanent collection of the Organization of American States | Art Museum of the Americas.
Recently, the works of the Surinamese artists returned from their long journey through the US. Readytex Art Gallery and the artists involved, agreed that it was most appropriate to show the public in Suriname what they contributed to this special traveling exhibition. In No Ocean Between Us – The Surinamese Collection, the various works of art with which Reinier Asmoredjo, Sri Irodikromo, Sunil Puljhun, Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi, Dhiradj Ramsamoedj and René Tosari represented our country and their Asian roots with were presented in Readytex Art Gallery.
No Ocean Between Us – The Surinamese Collection ran from Friday, May 5 until Saturday, May 27, 2023.

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