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Jamaican Art Gallery

Cuban Art

Ras Dizzy     

Ras Dizzy  was born Birth Livingstone, the exact date and place of his birth uncertain, but believed to be 1936. The self-taught painter and self-styled poet has been described by the critic and museum director David Boxer as “a man who seemingly lives and paints at the very edge of what we might call sane/rational existence, and consequently ‘comes and goes’ as an artist...Dizzy’s paintings are, in fact, down to earth, raw visions of everyday reality seen through the special surreal filter that is the ‘Dizzy Mind’ “. He has been hailed for his visual poetry, his strong, bold strokes and his strong sense of color.
A very productive and highly inventive artist, Dizzy paints many subjects and revisits them often. He often paints himself in roles he believes he has led in a consistently drawn parallel universe. These persona have included the star sherrif in a Western movie, a boxer, a great cricketer, a racehorse jockey, as well as the great gunman, Birch Lincoln. His paintings of imagined boxing matches and horse races usually include, on the reverse side, a written trabscription of how a radio announcer might have called the event. His other recurring subjects include birds, palms, courthouse scenes, and of course people: queens, preachers, angels, actors, singers and politicians.

Ras Dizzy has exhibited in exhibitions in Jamaica, the US and Germany. These include “The Intuitive Eye”, National Gallery of Jamaica, 1979; “Rastafarian Kunst”, Haus der Kulturen der Wilt, Beklisand, Stuttgard, Germany, 1992;  “Redemption Songs: The Self-Taught Artists of Jamaica”, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
The artist and his work have been featured in a number of publications and his work is widely collected.

dizzy_only_guns_make_you_a_man

Only Guns Make You a Man
Tempera on Board
17” x 11”
SOLD

dizzy_dan_is_a_city_businessman

Dan is a City Businessman
Tempera on Board
14” x 10”
SOLD

dizzy_golden_bouquet

Golden Bouquet
Tempera on Board
14” x 17.5”
SOLD

dizzy_a_lady_of_godliness

A Lady of Godliness
Tempera on Board
18” x 14”
SOLD

dizzy_sam_Friday_at_the_bird_theatre_again

Sam Friday at the Bird Theatre Again
Tempera on Board
17” x 12”
SOLD

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