Curated by Lowery Stokes Sims.
This selection of work from the archives of Tamarind Institute can indeed be described as a free-wheeling exploration of images done over the last four decades of the Institute’s history. It was executed under the aegis of the first curatorial residency at the Institute, and while the choice from such a large body of work would seem daunting, the curator could rely on the digital archives of the Institute to conduct a thorough and compulsive review.
The focus on figural work was merely a matter of personal predilection and the wish to be as unencumbered by theoretical or critical concerns such as style, gender or race, although these issues emerge naturally from the selection process. The idea was to assemble within the spatial limits available a selection that featured artists known and lesser known but who from the curator’s point of view had a vision that was compelling.
