Art writer Jordana Moore Saggese recently had an article published in ASAP Journal on Sandra Brewster’s iconic Blur series. “A photograph of a body looms before us. Cut just at the torso we are only able to view the bust of the figure, positioned in a quasi-traditional, three-quarter view. There is no indication of interior […]
“Sandra Brewster’s Blur visualizes the migrant experience. Her series of portraits, which range from small photographs to large series, stem from her extensive work with gel transfers. Her images are intentionally blurred, cracked, and distorted: these alterations depict the shifting and mutilation of identity that can occur as a part of the Black and migrant […]
“This manifesto against sexism and gender inequality resonates with more recent work, such as that of Sandra Brewster, a Canadian artist who produces blurry portraits (the series is called Blur) in very large format, printed imperfectly on the wall. via a gel transfer technique requiring rubbing. These blurry portraits function as metaphors for change and movement, […]
This summer Sandra’s work will be featured at Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, in her exhibition Flou running from July 4 – September 25 2022. Full details can be found here: FLOU
A worthwhile read, Ashley Raghubir’s Caribbean Being and Becoming in “Fragments of Epic Memory” written for MOMUS can be found here.
Sandra Brewster By Way of Communion The Power Plant February 5 – May 1, 2022 https://www.thepowerplant.org/Exhibitions/2022/Winter-2022/By-Way-of-Communion.aspx
Reclaiming Caribbean art history in the AGO’s ‘Fragments of Epic Memory’ by Jonathan Dekel of the Toronto Star can be read here.