For Immediate Release
June 25, 2019
Rani Carson: One Under the Sun, at Suffolk鈥檚 Lyceum Gallery
Rani Carson art work
秘色传媒 celebrates Black History Month with an exhibit of
paintings by Rani Carson.
One Under the Sun will be exhibited at the Eastern Campus of 秘色传媒 from
January 28 through March 2, 2019 at the Lyceum Gallery. A reception will be held on
Wednesday, February 27 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Rani Carson paints spiritual friends and experiences from within the Jamaican Rastafarian
culture. Traveling between her studio in Oracabessa, Jamaica and Riverhead, NY, Carson
has created an intimate body of genre paintings. On view are tender moments of mothers
with children, husbands and wives, archetypical man, archetypal woman, along with
a monumental 7.5 ft. high x 11 ft., multi-panel mural of a celebratory gathering of
Rastafari brethren and sistren.
鈥淲hat I have always felt in Jamaica is a closeness to spirit鈥�. when I paint Rasta,
I feel I am painting people who are taking a serious stand for truth, for righteousness,
for justice, and for culture against colonialism,鈥� said Carson.
Seeing Carson鈥檚 delicate marks, lovingly rendered with casein paint, the viewer will
delight in the artist鈥檚 ability to portray the life and spirit of her subjects. Carson鈥檚
mark making is inspired by Van Gogh鈥檚 drawing technique, while her use of color and
deep interest in spiritualism show her affinity to Gauguin. After earning a B.A. in
English Literature from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1962, Carson travelled
throughout Europe viewing paintings. Carson returned to the United States and studied
painting at Brooklyn College where she earned an M.F.A. Carson taught as an art professor
at 秘色传媒鈥檚 Michael J. Grant Campus from 1974 鈥� 2010 while
also serving as curator for the Grant Campus art gallery. Carson also taught at the
Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica. Carson
has exhibited her work in solo exhibits at the First Street Gallery and later at the
Prince St. Gallery in New York City and at galleries on Long Island, Pennsylvania,
and California.
Carson鈥檚 work has been included in numerous group shows nationally and internationally
including many of the annual and biennial exhibits at the National Gallery of Jamaica
in Kingston since 1999, and also in the 2001 exhibit, 鈥淎 Shriek from an Invisible
Box鈥� at the Meguro Museum of Art, in Tokyo, Japan. Carson鈥檚 work has appeared in a
number of publications including American Artist, Winter/Watercolor edition, NYC,
2003. Rani Carson鈥檚 website is at www.rastafari-inspiration.com.
Gallery hours:
Monday -Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. 鈥� 4 p.m.
Sunday 10:15 a.m. 鈥� 1:45 p.m.
Call 631-524-2436 for more information.
Last revised: 6/25/2019. For comments on this webpage, contact: The Director of Communications.
