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1/27/03

'LINES OF MIGRATION' PAINTINGS IN EXHIBITION IN SLU GALLERY

CANTON - Paintings by Kenwyn Crichlow and Obiora Udechukwu, in 
an exhibition titled "Lines of Migration," will be in the Richard 
F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University through February 
22. It is part of the 2003 Festival of the Arts at the University, 
titled "The Gullah Connection: From West Africa to the Islands of 
the Americas."
	A discussion with the artists and reception will be on 
Tuesday, February 4, at 7 p.m. in the gallery.
	Crichlow is a native of Trinidad. He is a lecturer and 
coordinator of the visual arts programs offered at the Centre for 
Creative and Festival Arts at the University of the West Indies, 
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Crichlow has exhibited his work 
in group and one-person shows in Canada, the U.S., Europe and 
throughout the Caribbean.
	Of his work, Crichlow states, "People in Trinidad of African 
descent make things - much of this making comes out of the ramagé 
process, which is a way of improvising, of getting in touch with 
other areas of knowledge through time.  My way of making a painting 
is informed by the ramagé process, which is part of the whole way 
of identification. I am informed by the discourse about identities."  
	Dana Professor of Fine Arts Udechukwu is from Nigeria. Prior 
to coming to St. Lawrence in the fall of 1997, Udechukwu was 
professor of drawing and painting at the University of Nigeria, 
where he received his B.A. and M.F.A. in painting. Internationally 
known, he has exhibited work in a number of countries, including the 
National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution in 
Washington.
	He states, "Although I have my Nigerian heritage, I've 
been living in the United States for five years, and you can't 
exist as an island here. You have to be part of the society where 
you live; all kinds of things impinge on your life. How do you 
rationalize these things; how do you come to terms with your 
present position? There's a lot of ambivalence in my practice 
now as an artist."
	"Lines of Migration" will also be on exhibition April 8 
through 30 at Gallery 1.2.3.4. at The Normandie, St. Ann's, Trinidad, 
and May 23 through June 20 at artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
	For more information or to arrange individual or group 
tours, contact the gallery at 315-229-5174.

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