Universe via Schooner
Solomon’s painting adopts a fractured, Cubist-like style to pay homage to the seamen who helped shape Caymanian society. Inspired by his children playing, his intent was to show them moving through time and space as innocents with their toys (a doll, a car, a Lego block garage, a toy soldier etc). These symbols of modern life in the Cayman Islands surround a traditional Schooner, which serves as a cultural reminder and seeks to place the maritime industry as the foundation of everything that has followed.
About the Artist
Gordon Solomon
b. 1977
Gordon Solomon is a painter and musician born in George Town, Grand Cayman, who studied Fine Art at the University of Superior Art, Cuba. He is a member of the Native Sons artists collective and his work is primarily concerned with Caymanian heritage, which he captures in a variety of visual styles, adopting an aesthetic that draws equally from Cubism, Pointillism, and Realism. Solomon has exhibited extensively both in the Cayman Islands and overseas and has received several public mural commissions. Solomon’s work can be found in the public collections of the Cayman Islands National Archive, the Cayman Islands National Museum, and the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands. Exhibitions at NGCI include: 21st Century Cayman (2010), Founded Upon the Seas (2012), Metamorphoses (2014), All Access (2015), tIDal Shift: Explorations of Identity in Contemporary Caymanian Art (2015), Native Sons – Twenty Years On (2016), Saltwater in their Veins (2017), Mediating Self (2017), a solo show, Gordon Solomon – Life on the Colony (2018), Cross Currents – 1st Cayman Islands Biennial (2019), Tropical Visions (2019), and Island of Women: Life at Home During our Maritime Years (2020).
