“There is a place here, where the Atlantic meets the Caribbean and it is very
magical, and the first time I was there it was as if I was transformed suddenly to
another place, another time, a synthesis.”
– Audre Lorde in A Litany for Survival (Dir. Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson, 1995)
A Land Where Other People Live is an exhibition with its narrative built around the work of the two artists Megan Baker (b.1996) and Paul Dash (b.1946), where together they build a trans-generational dialogue about familyhood and nationhood.
In this exhibition, the inter-temporal, intimate and nostalgic canvases of a young female British artist Megan Baker meet dynamic and rejuvenating works by Paul Dash, a Barbados-born artist, educator and writer who migrated to Britain from the Caribbean in 1957 and suffered greatly from racism.
In this exhibition, the inter-temporal, intimate and nostalgic canvases of a young female British artist Megan Baker meet dynamic and rejuvenating works by Paul Dash, a Barbados-born artist, educator and writer who migrated to Britain from the Caribbean in 1957 and suffered greatly from racism.
In this postcolonial discourse, both artists investigate the workings of memory using painting, individual and collective memories as a medium for their work, creating a space between reality and imagination.
This exchange between an emerging millennial artist and a Black British member of the Windrush Generation culminates in an enlightening visual and cultural experience.