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Nelo 2005Oil and graphite on board25 x 30 in63.5 x 76.2 cmArtist collection Che Lovelace
01/06/2026

Nelo
2005
Oil and graphite on board
25 x 30 in
63.5 x 76.2 cm

Artist collection Che Lovelace

Artist Collection Che Lovelace
26/05/2026

Artist Collection Che Lovelace

Artist Collection Che Lovelace
25/05/2026

Artist Collection Che Lovelace

Artist Collection Che Lovelace On view Study for Skinny Man2008Oil and graphite on board22 ½ x 30 in57.1 x 76.2 cm ...
20/05/2026

Artist Collection Che Lovelace
On view

Study for Skinny Man
2008
Oil and graphite on board
22 ½ x 30 in
57.1 x 76.2 cm

Artist Collection Che Lovelace Blue Devils at the Spring2005Oil on board30 x 25 in76.2 x 63.5 cm
16/05/2026

Artist Collection Che Lovelace

Blue Devils at the Spring
2005
Oil on board
30 x 25 in
76.2 x 63.5 cm

Currently on view Artist Collection Che LovelaceOpen Hours: Mon- Fri 9am- 5pm Sat 9am- 2pm Helping Devil 200530 x 24 ¾ i...
11/05/2026

Currently on view Artist Collection Che Lovelace

Open Hours:
Mon- Fri 9am- 5pm
Sat 9am- 2pm

Helping Devil
2005
30 x 24 ¾ in
76.2 x 62.9 cm
Oil on board

OPENING TOMORROW 10am - 2pmArtist Collection Che Lovelace “2005 These paintings come from a moment of shift.Made in 2005...
08/05/2026

OPENING TOMORROW
10am - 2pm

Artist Collection Che Lovelace

“2005
These paintings come from a moment of shift.
Made in 2005, they follow my move to the Caribbean Contemporary Arts building (CCA7) at the Fernandes Industrial Estate, where a small but vital community of artists was forming—Jasmine Girvan, Embah, Peter Doig, Tessa Alexander, Chris Ofili, Rachel Rochford, alongside a steady flow of visiting artists moving through the residency programme. The energy of that shared space—conversation, proximity, the quiet exchange of looking—began to alter my approach.

The work became quicker, more gestural. I found myself reaching toward the fleeting presence of steelband players, Blue Devils, calypsonians—not as fixed images, but as movement, as feeling. After an earlier period of dense colour and layered surfaces, I began to strip things back, searching for something more elemental: a gesture, a stance, a figure just on the edge of becoming. There was a desire to get closer—to meet the subject in a direct and urgent way.

The palette narrowed—blue, pink, ochre yellow, white, black—still in oil paint. It was also here that I began working on the grey archival boards that continue in the work today. The surface held a balance of absorption and resistance, allowing paint to stain, settle, and gather in different ways.

Looking back, the paintings made between 2005 and 2008 feel like an opening that drew me further into the themes and subjects I had long wanted to explore more deeply. They carry the beginnings of a language that would later expand into the larger, figure-oriented, multi-panel works that emerged around 2010—creating a direct line to where my work stands today.

The connection is quiet, but continuous—held in the attempt to locate something living within the image.”

Che Lovelace
May 2026

Image:
Performer
2005
Oil on board
29 ¾ x 35 inches
75.6 x 63.5 cm

Stanton TaylorPerspective Study (D’Abadie) 2025 Laser prints, spray paint, acrylic binder, graphite, pencil, ink and mar...
21/03/2026

Stanton Taylor

Perspective Study (D’Abadie)
2025
Laser prints, spray paint, acrylic binder, graphite, pencil, ink and markers on paper
16 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches

By these shores I was born
Last day to view the exhibition

Felisha Carénage Image 2 & 3 : Der Schut The Shoot 2026Acrylic on pinewood 15 x 7 x 8 inches Image 4 & 5: Der Schatz im ...
20/03/2026

Felisha Carénage

Image 2 & 3 :
Der Schut
The Shoot
2026
Acrylic on pinewood
15 x 7 x 8 inches

Image 4 & 5:
Der Schatz im Silbersee
The Treasure of the Silver Lake
2026
Acrylic on pinewood
15 x 7 x 8 inches

By these shores I was born
Saturday 21 March last day to view

Photos 1 & 6 by Marlon Rouse

Rodell Warner By these shores I was born Image 1 and video extract from Artificial Archive: Carnival Fictions - H0M3_212...
19/03/2026

Rodell Warner

By these shores I was born

Image 1 and video extract from
Artificial Archive: Carnival Fictions - H0M3_2126—Monday, 2026
Single-channel video with sound
20 minutes 0 seconds loop

Image 3 : still from
Artificial Archive: Carnival Fictions - H0M3_2126—Tuesday, 2026
Single-channel video with sound
20 minutes 0 seconds loop

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