Pinta: The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Show

I've occasionally thought that it's not as easy to find Latin American art in London as it is to find European, North American and African art.  So I was pleased to see Pinta advertised in the tube and even more pleased to find a voucher online for a free ticket. 

Paolo Campochiaro, Uruguay

 The Corpo Colectivo from Alison Jacques Gallery

 From Whisper to Shout by Germán Gómez from Spain

 Marco Mojica from Colombia

 Sandra de Berduccy from Bolivia

 Nuno Sousa Vieira from Portugal

Egg by Karen Estrada from El Salvador 

 The Simple Plan by Jean Marc Calvet from France/Nicaragua

 Evolution in Spring 1/5 by Jean Jacques Ribi from Panama/Italy

 Anatares by Omar Carreño from Venezuela

Untitled by Matilde Pérez from Chile

While she Waiting she was Thinking about the Dream by Luis González Palma from Guatemala

Photography at the Design Festival

Photograph by Lara Stein Pardo from Cuba.
http://larasteinpardo.com/

Caribbean films at the Tabernacle

Not many posts back I was lamenting that I'd never find anything to do for Antigua and Barbuda. Luckily for me the Portobello Road film festival showcased a series of Caribbean Films at the Tabernacle between Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park.

I attended the event over 3 evenings and saw films from a number of countries, of which my favourite being from Antigua and Barbuda. It was called Memoirs of the Blue and was about the destructive relationship betwen a young couple told through a series of letters and flashbacks.

I also watched a harrowing film about child abuse from Barbados (a subject that you wouldn't have guessed from the summary in the programme), and a series of short films:

- Jesus TV from Venezuela about Jesus returning and getting his own reality TV show.
- The Village from Aruba, about a teenager getting hassled by gang members in his neighbourhood.
- 20 Years from Cuba about married life.
- Tree Fern Carver from Dominica / France, a short documentary.
- The Other Side of Carnival from Trinidad / USA, a documentary exploring the effect of carnival on Trindad.
- Raianbow Hill from Trinidad / Mexico a stop motion animation.