Image Credits: Courtesy of the artist.

Member's Gallery

Saltwater Cures All

Artist

Racquel Rowe

Exhibition Dates:

October 6, 2023

- October 27, 2023

Opening Reception:

October 13, 2023 7:00 pm

Saltwater Cures All is Racquel Rowe’s solo exhibition featuring their video work ‘Bodies of Water (2023)’ with a new accompanying sound installation.

I consider performative action as a form of exploratory, open-ended research that is constantly unfolding. Basing my practice in historical research allows me to have a better understanding of contemporary evolving relationships between culture and lived experiences. ‘Bodies of Water (2023)’ is a video artwork that is birthed between multiple places both physically and metaphorically. Filmed in multiple locations across Barbados the piece conceptually explores the formation of the Black Atlantic, personal, and familial connections to the sea, relationships between Black people and water, and the idea of rebirth.

Artist Biography:

Racquel Rowe is an interdisciplinary artist from the island of Barbados currently residing in Canada. She’s exhibited widely across the country and holds an MFA from the University of Waterloo and a BA(Hons) in History and Studio Art from the University of Guelph. Her practice is continuously influenced by many aspects of history, matrilineal family structures, diasporic communities, and her upbringing in Barbados. Her work takes the form of performance, video, site-specific work, and installation.