Kunsthal KAdE

Amersfoort, Netherlands
Official website: Kunsthal KAdE

Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort was the venue for Who More Sci-Fi Than Us?: Contemporary Art from the Caribbean,  an ambitious exhibition which sought to offer a look at contemporary art practice in the Caribbean and amongst artists of the Caribbean Diaspora. The exhibition distinguished itself for its embrace of artists frequently identified with Latin American art, rather than with dominant notions of Caribbean Art. For Who More Sci-Fi Than Us?: Contemporary Art from the Caribbean, some 37 artists from 17 countries were brought together. Practitioners as follows: Ryan Oduber (Aruba), Jocelyn Gardner, Sheena Rose (Barbados), Oswaldo Macia (Colombia), Edgar Léon (Costa Rica), Alexandre Arreachea, Carlos Garaicoa, Yaima Carrazanam Ana Mendieta (Cuba), David Bade, Tirzo Martha, Tony Monsanto (Curaçao), Marcos Lora Read, Jorge Pineda, Limber Vilorio (Dominican Republic), Bruno Pedurand (Guadaloupe), Hew Locke (Guyana), Mario Benjamin, Jean-Ulrick Désert, Edouard Duval Carrié (Haiti), Marvin Bartley, Renée Cox, Leasho Johnson, Ebony G. Patterson (Jamaica), Jean Francois Boglé, David Damoison (Martinique), Jhafis Quintero Gonzales, Jonathon Harker & Donna Conlon (Panama), Pepón Osorio (Puerto Rico), Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla (Puerto Rico & Cuba), Michael McMillan (St. Vincent), Remy Jungerman, Charl Landvreugd, Marcel Pinas (Suriname), and Wendel McShine (Trinidad).

The exhibition was curated by Nancy Hoffmann. Her catalogue introduction included the following:

“…So, I concluded I should tell the many stories there are to tell about the Caribbean. This exhibition is mainly about the content. Trying to tell a discursive story about the complex background against which  this are has developed and matured, not about whether or not these artists are Caribbean (enough?)… Among the many things I discovered while travelling the region was that the ties to the (former) motherland had created several Caribbean regions: Francophone, Anglophone, Hispanic and Dutch. They hardly interfere with each other. even if they try, it is practically unfeasible. It is easier and a lot less expensive to travel from Paris to Martinique for instance, than from anywhere in the region itself.”

The exhibition took place at Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort, the Netherlands, from 25 May - 25 August 2012.

»  Who More Sci-Fi Than Us?: Contemporary Art from the Caribbean

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2012