'Waiting for Spring', oil-based ink and acrylic on canvas by Marisa Willoughby-Holland.
128 GALLERIE launched its second exhibition 'Mercy Mild' with a vibrant opening on the evening of December 9.
The show encompasses the work of more than 30 of Jamaica's finest artists, both established and emerging talents, and is both dynamic and diverse.
Art lovers turned out in their numbers to view the exhibition and the evening was a resounding success, with the last of the patrons reluctantly leaving at 1:00 a.m.
128 Gallerie is fast becoming the synergetic meeting place of the creative hearts and souls of all echelons of Jamaican society, as so wonderfully experienced on Friday night.
ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE
Artists such as George Rodney, Royan Grey, Norma Rodney Harrack, Stafford Schlieffer, Andrae Green, Coyotito Bennet, Samere Tansley, Rohan Woodhouse, Donito Davis and the Old Harbour Woodcarvers Cooperative, Joshua Higgins, Juliet Thorburn, Leopold Barnes, Franz Marzouca,Kacey Ferguson, Jeremy Francis, Cecil Ward and Mazola were in attendance.
Artists participating in the show are Roberta Stoddart, JudyAnne MacMillan, Marisa Willoughby-Holland, ElPedio, Alexander Cooper, Michael Layne, Gene Pearson, Susan Alexander, David Pinto, Marjorie Keith, Wazari Johnson, and Joanna Brasch absent due to location.
EXPOSE VISUAL ARTS
Opened by the dynamic Pat Ramsay of the UTech Centre of the Arts, the exhibition's secondary aim is to expose the visual arts in Jamaica to new audiences, with the launch of 128's school and community programme which is working in partnership with the Institute of Jamaica's art programme students, by way of artist-led workshops within the exhibition space.
The exhibition will run until December 23 at the gallery, located at 128 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6.
