Radiant Earth

Internationally acclaimed Jamaican artist Laura Facey is set to launch her solo exhibition "Radiant Earth" in the School's gallery in London from 25th September.

Facey’s exhibition is a retrospective of her awe-inspiring work, including the much talked-about slave ship canoe titled "Their Spirits Gone Before Them" — a cottonwood canoe filled with 1,357 resin miniature figures.

Also on display will be Facey’s "Radiant Comb" series, described by well-known Australian artist and curator Anne Errey as “…Prongs, picks, fingers, teats and tools of cultivation that are re-invented. Some works present the hardest teats in the lactating world, carved from lignum vitae, though they look as though their content would nourish anything it poured over. These combs mean to work a mysterious magic, to untangle, align, nourish, feed and harmonise...”

With its serenity, "Radiant Earth" will certainly intrigue and impress the London art scene and, significantly, it will inspire conversation long after the exhibit closes.