Ras Akyem Explained

Ras Akyem (sometimes called Ras Akyem Ramsey or Ras Akyem I Ramsey) is a Barbadian painter. A graduate of the Edna Manley School of Art in Jamaica, his work is heavily influenced by the Rastafari movement and bears resemblance to the paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat. His work is frequently exhibited alongside that of Ras Ishi Butcher.

References

• Biography
• Art Collection Foundation. National Art Collection Exhibition. Bridgetown: ACF, 1985.
• “Setting Sails to New Horizons.” www.nationnews.com. Accessed June 16, 2018.
• Black Jacobins at the Caribbean Pavilion. Bridgetown, Barbados: National Art Gallery Committee, 2011.
• Caribbean Artists Today, 1994.
• Cummins, Alissandra, Allison Thompson, and Nick Whittle. “Ras Akyem and Ras Ishi.” In Art in Barbados: What Type of Mirror Image?, 209–13, 235–36. Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica, 1999.
• “Diaspora-Now - Ras Akyem I Ramsey Bio.” Accessed June 16, 2018.
• Gallery in Cork Street, and Barbados Investment and Development Corporation. Contemporary Art from Barbados. Bridgetown, Barbados: BIDC, 1997.
• Hadchity, Therese. “Arts Ani-Mal RAS AKYEM-I RAMSAY : LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN THE VISUAL ARTS 2010 and Retrospective Exhibition,” October 2010.
• Hadchity, Therese. Words on Paintings: An Exhibition of Art and Writing, Collectively Curated by Writers, Artists, Collectors and Art Critics, 2008.
• “Barbados Honors Artist Ras Akyem I Ramsay.” www.nationnews.com. Accessed June 16, 2018.
• Lewis, Samella S, David Gall, Joyce Daniel, Omowale Stewart, Akyem, and Woodpecker. “Interviews with Five Bajan Artists.” International Review of African American Art. 7 (1986): 45–55.
• National Commission for UNESCO of the Netherlands Antilles. Carib Art: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean. Curaçao: UNESCO, 1993.
• National Cultural Foundation (Barbados), and Queen's Park Gallery. The National Cultural Foundation Presents Now at the Queen’s Park Gallery February 16 to March 16, 1992, 1992.
• Poupeye, Veerle. Caribbean Art. Thames and Hudson, 1998.
• Ramsay, Akyem, Ishi Butcher, Rupert Roopnaraine, and Islington Arts Factory. Caribbean Connection 4: New Paintings by Ras Akyem Ramsay & Ras Ishi Butcher. London: Islington Arts Factory, 2004.
• Thompson, Rhonda. “Lifetime Award for Ras Akyem." Nation News. October 13, 2010. Accessed June 16, 2018.
• Trotman, A. Ashanti, National Cultural Foundation (Barbados), and Queen's Park Gallery. The National Cultural Foundation Presents Now. St. James, Barbados: National Cultural Foundation, 1992.
• Walmsley, Anne, and Stanley Greaves. “RAS AKYEM-i RAMSAY : Moses.” In Art In The Caribbean: An Introduction, 52. London: New Beacon Books, 2010.

External links

• The UWI Cave Hill Libraries: Sidney Martin Library Art Collection Online.