On 5 May 2022, seven members of the Native Sons art collective reunited at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands for a discussion of their early years, individual practices and future plans. Wray Banker, Randy Chollette, Chris Christian, Al Ebanks, Nickola McCoy-Snell, Nasaria Suckoo Chollette and Gordon Solomon joined us in the Dart Auditorium Community Gallery as part of the education programme for “The People’s Collection” – an exhibition which included National Collection work by members of the prolific collective.
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About the Native Sons:
“During the early 1990s, there was mobilisation toward a new, home-grown discourse that challenged the persistent dominance of landscape painting and which resulted in the creation of the Native Sons collective in 1996. While stylistically individual, the Native Sons were united by the principle of promoting a uniquely Caymanian aesthetic inspired by their heritage and socio-cultural experiences, including their African heritage, which has been relatively removed from artistic content until this period.” – The Art of the Cayman Islands