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Visual Culture: Peter Simon’s “Reggae Bloodlines” Show

Words by Jesse Serwer— Peter Simon is one of few photographers who have documented reggae from its early days all the way through the present. His photos of people like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots and ... Read More...

Visual Culture: Caribbean Art x Art Basel Miami

Words by Jesse Serwer— If you're headed down to Art Basel Miami this week, you can count on seeing work by artists from around the world. But, despite its close proximity to and obvious influence on MIA ... Read More...

Riding West: Robin Clare’s Dancehall-Inspired Western Movie Posters

Words by DJ Theory — Jamaican-born, Sydney, Australia-based visual artist Robin Clare—check out our last piece with her here—has some fresh new works on the table, in which she continues to explore Jamai... Read More...

Visual Culture: A Q+A with Cartoonist Clovis Brown

Words by Sherman Escoffery, Illustrations by Clovis Brown originally published by the Jamaica Observer— For close to 20 years, Clovis Brown has kept his fingers on the pulse of the Jamaican public with... Read More...

Visual Culture: Jamaican Dancehall Signs From the Collection of Maxine Walters

Words by Jesse Serwer— For the last 12 plus years, Jamaican film and TV producer Maxine Walters—she's had her hand in most every major movie shot in JA over the last three decades, from The Mighty Quinn ... Read More...

Visual Culture: Art in the Dancehall

Words by Emily Shapiro— When dancehall music bust in the 1980's, with it came a new style of art and design. Album covers reflected the music's raw sensibilities with over-the-top cartoons and imagery, w... Read More...

Visual Culture: Caribbean Art Takes Over NYC

Words by Jesse Serwer— New York City is the biggest melting pot for Caribbean culture there is, so it's affirming to see the city's cultural institutions finally put together an event that's reflective of ... Read More...

Visual Culture: A Q+A with Atlantic Records Creative Director Greg Burke

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton:::Photos by Martei Korley:::Artwork by Greg Burke— Jamaica-born, Long Island-raised Greg Burke has designed covers for some of the most notable albums of the last two decade... Read More...

Visual Culture: Robin Clare’s Jamaica Project + Dancing Words

Words by Jesse Serwer It was the good people at London's Shimmy Shimmy who first first brought visual artist Robin Clare and her Jamaica Project to our attention last year, and since then we've been kind... Read More...

Call For Submissions: First International Reggae Poster Contest

Words by Jesse Serwer— Reggae probably has the richest poster art tradition of any music culture. From the red, gold and green Bob Marley concert posters replicated on college students' dorm rooms to the... Read More...

Cartoon Clash: Bounty and Beenie Get the “Dutty Bwoy” Treatment

Words by Jesse Serwer As much as we love Clovis cartoons, there's definitely room for more animated satire of dancehall culture. Illustrator Reinardo "Mental" Chung's "Dutty Bwoy" series follows the adve... Read More...

Short Folio: JAHSE x Costa Rica

Words by Martei Korley, photos by JAHSE. Short Folio is a new recurring column album we have developed here at LargeUp as an effort to promote positive cultural exchange by engaging great photographers t... Read More...