Red Mangroves I & II
This diptych was created soon after Hurricane Ivan had decimated the mangroves surrounding Mann’s family home in South Sound. The experience affected the artist significantly and subsequently became the inspiration behind much of his work over the following decade. Red Mangroves I & II featured in the NGCI’s Watermarks exhibition in 2005 and Tropical Visions in 2019.
About the Artist
Chris Mann
b. 1955
Chris Mann was born in England and studied Fine Art and Ceramics at Goldsmiths College, London, before moving to the Cayman Islands in 1987 to teach art. He practices in a variety of mediums and his work is characterised by a bold, expressionist style and rich colours. Key exhibitions include the second Biennial of Painting in the Caribbean & Central America at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1994), Carifesta X in Guyana (2008), and the Commonwealth Games Art Exhibition in New Zealand (2002). Mann was the 2017 recipient of The National Arts and Culture Gold Award for Creativity in the Arts from CNCF. Exhibitions at NGCI include: Anchored in Landscapes (2005), Watermarks (2005), Emergence (2005), Arreckly: Towards a Cultural Identity (2007), Art of Assemblage (2013), Metamorphoses (2014), All Access (2015), Upon The Seas (2017), Mediating Self (2017), Cross Currents – 1st Cayman Islands Biennial (2019), and Tropical Visions (2019).
