#Sexypink/bereavement

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Sexypink -Botero is an Artist whose work I have enjoyed for decades. I used to think that his sculptures came from the age of Futurism when I was a teenager. I was surprised when I realized that he was very much still working. Rest in peace Fernando Botero. The joie de vivre he brought to his corpulent people was way ahead of the body positive movements today. Thank you.

added note: Botero did not only produce plump people, he expanded the nature of cats, objects and food as well.

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Sexypink - Condolences to his family. This is a big loss. May he rest in peace.

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Horizons have lost one of our founders. Richard Gordon passed away last night, March 21st. He was a driving force in the art world for decades, managing Fine Art for years before opening Horizons with Cheryl Blanc. He will leave a hole in the art world, and in our hearts.

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Sexypink - Rest in Power Kwame Braithwaite - Making BLACK LIVES MATTER long before the slogan existed.

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Sexypink - Geoffrey MacLean - 1942-2024

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Sexypink - Conservationist, Architect, Co-Curator Medulla Gallery, Michel Jean Cazabon authority and great friend Geoffrey MacLean will always be in our hearts.

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Sexypink - Tribute to Fraulein Rudder the creator of Women in Art.

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Sexypink - A gigantic loss to our Art world with the passing of Deltex Store Owner Christine Millar. She had been ailing for some time, yet, no one wanted to believe that such a titan would be saying farewell.

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Sexypink - Earlier today I mentioned the heat in Trinidad and Tobago. Little did I suspect that a volcano of an Artist had passed. How can anyone wrap their mind around the passing of Sir Horace Ove? Where shall the next genius come from? Will we experience them in our lifetime again? The wisest course of action is to honor his work by showing it, talking about it and encouraging future generations. To his prolific Artist son Zac, deepest sympathies on the loss of your father.

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Sexypink - Celebrating the life of an original, Glenn Roopchand.

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Sexypink - Zilia Sanchez died in 2024. Her career spanned seventy years! On my first observation I was seduced by her minimalist restraint and focus on materials.

Sexypink - Cuban Artist Zilia Sanchez

Sexypink - Sanchez’s work looks at the masculine and feminine. She balances contrasts.

Sexypink - Zilia Sanchez - Cuban Artist who worked in Puerto Rico.

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Sexypink - A major Icon has left us richer, sadder and grateful.

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The National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago extends our condolences to the family and friends of the legendary Calypsonian, Gospel Singer, and former Calypso Monarch, Denyse Plummer.

Denyse Plummer broke barriers when she first emerged on the calypso scene during the 1980s, facing criticism onstage at Skinner Park as a “mixed”, female calypsonian in what has traditionally been seen as a male-dominated field. She never let this deter her however, and adamantly portrayed her love for her craft to the best of her ability, which earned her multiple crowns as Calypso Queen, and the 2001 Calypso Monarch Title with her popular song, “Nah Leaving”.

She began singing from an early age as a student at Holy Name Convent, and with their choir won several youth music competitions. Additionally, she participated in popular local talent competitions: "12 and Under", and "Scouting for Talent." As an adult, she regularly performed at the Chaconia Inn in Maraval during the 1970s-1980s.

Plummer released her first album in 1978. Her popular melodies eventually made their way to the ears of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, who invited her to perform the Phase II Pan Groove steelband’s Panorama song, “Pan Rising” in 1986, although she had never sung calypso before. Her infamous debut at the Calypso Monarch semi-finals at Skinner Park saw jeering crowds throw projectiles at her on stage which she then incorporated into her performance, winning herself the respect of her audience and revealing why, “Woman is Boss”, as her 1988 song stated.

Following this, she was invited by calypsonian Superblue to perform at his Culture House calypso tent, and then at the late Aldwyn Roberts’, (Lord Kitchener’s) calypso tent The Revue, where she remained for 18 years. She enjoyed a successful calypso career and performed widely abroad as well, even winning Amateur Night at the Apollo Theatre in New York in 1989.

From 2015 until her passing Denyse Plummer had become a performer of Gospel music, but still incorporated the rhythm and music of calypso into her songs. In 2011, she was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Hummingbird Medal Gold for her contributions to culture.

This photo is courtesy of the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, July 26, 2023, which is part of the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago Newspaper Collection.

References: Sookdeo, Bavina. “Denyse Plummer Privileged and Honoured.” Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 8 Feb. 2013.

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Sexypink - A fount of experience in his own right. Son of Boscoe and Sheila Holder. Grandson of Auntie Kay Warner. Rest well

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Sexypink - Honoring a life.

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Sexypink - Holly Gayadeen has passed.

Rest In Peace.

Ceramic Artist Bunty O’Connor had this to say on his life.

I am sad today to give news of the passing of Holly Gayadeen. Holly was a well known Trinidad artist and member of the Trinidad and Tobago Art Society who started his career in pottery making. He was trained in the UK in the 1960s at Redland Teacher Training College, Bristol in the art of slip decorated pottery. On his return to Trinidad he taught at the University of the West Indies. I was one of the lucky students who attended his evening classes at the Victoria Institute, Trinidad and Tobago Museum. His workshop was a model of efficiency where we learned to throw pots on the wheel, make moulds from plaster of Paris, to glaze and fire our masterpieces. Holly was a gentle, patient teacher who encouraged his students to develop their own style. My condolences go to the Gayadeen family at this sad time.

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Temoy Bhola

Sexypink - When Camille Harding passed away earlier this week, I recalled the first time I knew of her work. She was being interviewed on TTT about her residency to New Zealand. At the time she was doing very intuitive jewellery making. She was one of two women working like that. The other was Temoy Bhola. Temoy died of a brain aneurysm in 2015. 

As I tried to come to terms with the loss of Camille, I considered that Temoy is also gone. Two shining lights now no longer here. What of their contribution to our Art landscape? Temoy would always say, ‘You have to do the work. The work is all, the work is everything.”

Temoy Bhola - Hand band

She made some really unique, clearly personal work. She was known for heavy curling metal fragments twisting around organically with bits of natural fibre. She was funky, she was groovy, she was gorgeous and she was so wise. In another time she would be seen as a hippie or perhaps a witch. She and Camille represented a free spiritedness that I have not encountered again.

Temoy Bhola - Saraswatee - organic sculpture

Temoy Bhola - Necklace

Temoy Bhola - organic sculpture and wearable piece

Temoy Bhola - painting with metal inserts

Temoy Bhola - Caribbean Queen

I was able to contact Edward Bowen her ex-husband and he kindly put me on to her sister Haddi who told me where to find her work. Sexypink cannot express enough the value of Artists like Temoy and Camille when they pass away. I know that today I wish I spent more time with them. I wish that I had access to their stories and work in a much larger context. However, I am putting her work here as a start to acknowledge and remember these great women. Rest in eternal peace.

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Sexypink - Camille Harding - Rest in Power. 

There are no words right now to express the sadness of her passing. If you ever met her, you would never be the same. What a fantastic soul.