exuma

EXUMA

A DRAWING AND ITS FRAGMENTS, FOR YOU TO DISCOVER

Papo Colomystifarian trickster

Ink Drawing, 11 inches x 17 inches1998 - 2013

EXUMAExuma is a district of the Bahamas, consisting of over 360 islands. The largest of which is Great Exuma. Great Exuma is 37 mi in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma, by a small bridge.

Exuma was settled around 1783 by American loyalists fleeing the Revolutionary War. The expatriates brought a cotton plantation economy to the islands. George Town was named in honor of George III, to whom the settlers maintained their loyalty.

The Exumas are the historic home of the Lucayan Natives, who were enslaved in the 16th century, leaving the islands uninhabited until the 18th century. In the intervening period, the Exumas provided many hideouts and stashes for pirates. Elizabeth Harbor was a favorite lair of Captain Kidd.

Exuma is also the name of a Bahamian musician, known for his almost unclassifiable music; a strong mixture of carnival, junkanoo, calypso and ballad.

Exuma is light and also dark A place where memories goes and stays in constant movement.

Exuma; Fragment 1, The Lookout

Exuma; Fragment 2, The Shadow in the Sand

Exuma; Fragment 3, Happiness Happiness

Exuma; Fragment 4, Loco Loco Squid

Exuma; Fragment 5, Totem

Exuma; Fragment 6, Good Algae

Exuma; Fragment 7, Lady in Landscape

Exuma; Fragment 8, Thinking of You

Exuma; Fragment 9, Excape

Exuma; Fragment 10, Observatory

Exuma; Fragment 11, Close Portrait

Exuma; Fragment 12, Mr. Exuma