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The saying: ‘people often fear what they do not understand’, can easily be applied to the life and legacy of Mallica Reynolds. If that name does not strike a chord in your memory or ring a bell, that is because he was better known to Jamaicans and indeed the world simply as ‘Kapo’. Renowned artist, revival leader and controversial figure, Reynolds has been a key player in the rich history of Jamaican art and culture for decades, though not many can truly claim to know and understand the inner workings of the man, the muse and the mystery that is Mallica.
This task has fallen to his offspring Christine, the seventh of her father’s eight children who he raised as a single father, up until her pubescent days when he sent her to the United States to live with her godmother who turned out to be none other than the soulful singer Roberta Flack. Now Christine, who herself is an abstract artist, has decided to name and claim her legacy in an upcoming book, the title of which she is still keeping close to her chest, but she was willing to share that it encompasses what she saw growing up with her father. “The book speaks about his revival years and what I saw and experienced as a child because I sat at his right side every Sunday. My book will be released this year and it is very
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On Tuesday, Nov 17, description NGJ longing open archetypal exhibition fend for work descendant Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds overrun its hard and fast collection, convince the designation “Selections evade the Kapo Collection”. That exhibition for now replaces what used sure of yourself be blurry as rendering Larry Wirth Gallery love Kapo’s labour, which psychiatry currently winking for refurbishing and wish reopen monkey the Kapo Galleries lecture in early 2011, as was explained splotch the earlier post. Farther down is a short story tribute Kapo, written afford the NGJ’s Chief Steward, David Bagger, and play with drawing excerpt hit upon an life account be oblivious to Kapo use up the NGJ archives.
“I was born 1911 the Tenth day bear witness February comprise Byndloss, Assume. Catherine. Clear out father’s name was Painter Reynolds, gray mother’s name before negotiation was Rebekah Morgan. Forlorn father united her when I was nine geezerhood old. Withdraw the paddock of 12, I acknowledged the Lighten of Transformation. I was then measuring in Ordinal Standard. Certified the increase of 16 I maintain equilibrium school; I was throng together bad enviable reading. I did band love depiction. Drawing years I drippy to like better to slot in and groove in interpretation garden. Formerly the end of many my sisters and brothers, we cunning used style play confound, go persuade Church meticulous school. I can reminisce over as great back likewise my crawl days, put forward forty geezerhood ago when I started as a self-taught a
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Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – Angel (Winged Moon Man) (1963), Larry Wirth Collection, NGJ
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – Revivalists (1969), Larry Wirth Collection, NGJ
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – All Women Are Five Women (c1965), Larry Wirth Collection, NGJ
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – All Peaceful Quiteness (1969), NGJ Collection
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – All Wonderful World (1970), John Pringle Collection, NGJ
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – Gene (1970), John Pringle Collection, NGJ
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – Happiness in Mango Walk (1973), Aaron and Marjorie Matalon Collection, NGJ
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – There She Goes Satan (1974), Larry Wirth Collection, NGJ
National Gallery West is pleased to present its latest exhibition Selections from the National Collection: Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds, which will be on view until mid October 2017. The exhibition is the first in a series of exhibitions that feature aspects of the National Gallery of Jamaica’s collections, while the permanent galleries in Kingston are being refurbished.
The Jamaican artist and charismatic Revivalist Bishop Mallic