A Sense of Belonging: Community and Connection in Bermuda Art
On view through March, 2024
Bermuda National Gallery
Hamilton, Bermuda
www.bng.bm
The impetus for this exhibition was the desire to reintroduce the public to two significant paintings by Robert Bassett (Bermudian, b.1951). The artworks, through their portrayal of engagement and shared experiences, become a symbol of unity and belonging within the wider context of society as revealed by artists of Bermudian heritage.
Charles Lloyd Tucker (Bermudian, 1913-1971) and Robert Barritt (Bermudian, 1927-2015), who were personal friends, used their paintings to address a significant moment in Bermuda’s history, the 1959 Theatre Boycott. These artworks reflect the artists’ interest in the island’s social issues and their identification with the protestors. Tucker’s abstracted figures in “Storm in a Teacup” are twisting and rising vapour-like forms, that address a specific derogatory comment – authorities underestimated the severity of the situation by referring to it as nothing more than ‘a storm in a teacup’ – but also symbolise unified people.
Read more in the Exhibition Catalog here: https://bng.bm/…/final-sense-of-belonging-brochure…
[Image: Charles Lloyd Tucker, Storm in a Teacup, c.1959. Oil on canvas. Collection of Carolyn and Charles Webbe.]
