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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 10, 2008) – The "taboo" will be on display this month as a new art exhibition on Jamaican identity makes its debut at the University of Kentucky Tuska Center for Contemporary Art. "Taboo Identities: Race, Sexuality + The Body" brings together work from nine Jamaican and American artists confronting valid constructs of identity as it relates to a Jamaican context. Curated by Ebony G. Patterson, assistant professor of painting at the UK Department of Art, this free public exhibition premieres on campus Oct. 16-Nov. 16. The public is invited to an opening reception presented in honor of the show to be held 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. Throughout modern Jamaican art, identity has been a pertinent issue, and has proven to be even more relevant to young Jamaican artists as questions of self, race, body and... [read full story]
