John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night

ISBN: 3791356100

Author: Nawi, Diana

Condition: New

This monograph of the Jamaican self-taught artist John Dunkley offers a generously illustrated overview of his powerful work. Reproducing the intricate details and somber palette that characterize John Dunkleys paintings, this book thoughtfully situates the artists oeuvre within its historical context. Working in a period that laid the foundation for Jamaicas nationalist movement, Dunkley was a part of a generation of West Indian men who traveled abroad to work and returned home to contribute to the formation of an independent nation, Marcus Garvey being the most critical of such figures. Essays from David Boxer, the leading authority on Dunkley, and Olive Senior, a historian of West Indian culture, focus on the social importance of Dunkleys paintings and sculptures. Paying tribute to an extraordinary artist, this book showcases his vivid and mysterious work.