Petrine Archer-Straw | |
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| Born | 26 December 1956 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 5 December 2012 (aged 55) Mona, Jamaica |
| Occupation | Curator and art historian |
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Petrine Archer-Straw (26 December 1956 – 5 December 2012) was a British artist, art historian, and curator who specialised in the art of the Caribbean people.[1] In the words of Eddie Chambers: "In her work as an artist, academic, art historian, writer and curator, Archer-Straw consistently challenged the prevailing orthodoxies that treat Caribbean artists and cultural practice in geographical, racial and artistic isolation. In essence, her position was that we cannot fully understand or appreciate the practice of Caribbean artists without due consideration of broader factors such as migration, history, identity and, above all diaspora – the scattering of many black people beyond their ancestral homeland of Africa."[2]
- ^ "A tribute to Petrine Archer-Straw" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Jamaica Observer, 23 December 2012.
- ^ Eddie Chambers, "Petrine Archer-Straw, In Memoriam, (1956–2012)". Extracted from obituary in Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, 32, Spring 2013.