Works by Tyshan Wright
Wright recreates ceremonial instruments used to achieve myal. A sacred ritual communing with ancestors. I Kromanti, the mother tongue of the Jamaican Maroons, myal encompasses facets of spiritual practice. Played together in ceremony, these instruments foster communication, healing and joy. They are used to pay respect to and communicate with ancestors. Myall l, wright’s contemporary take on an abeng, echoes these intergenerational connections: the small horn represents Maroons of today; the larger abeng an ancestor.
Through the creation of ceremonial objects, Wright facilitates the connection between past and future, and between earthly and spiritual dimensions. In his contemporary Jamaican Maroon “printing” drum and pair of vessels for pouring libation, the artist considers how the maroons navigated the space between slavery and sovereignty in a new society by connecting with their ancestors through myal.
Works by Tyshan Wright
Wright recreates ceremonial instruments used to achieve myal. A sacred ritual communing with ancestors. I Kromanti, the mother tongue of the Jamaican Maroons, myal encompasses facets of spiritual practice. Played together in ceremony, these instruments foster communication, healing and joy. They are used to pay respect to and communicate with ancestors. Myall l, wright’s contemporary take on an abeng, echoes these intergenerational connections: the small horn represents Maroons of today; the larger abeng an ancestor.
Through the creation of ceremonial objects, Wright facilitates the connection between past and future, and between earthly and spiritual dimensions. In his contemporary Jamaican Maroon “printing” drum and pair of vessels for pouring libation, the artist considers how the maroons navigated the space between slavery and sovereignty in a new society by connecting with their ancestors through myal.