A rare and very special exhibition, X-RADIATION, is a sculpture installation of mixed-media construction by Margaret Chen. It opened at the Olympia Gallery on Thursday, May 9, and features six sculpture installations created over a 24-year period. Cross section of Arc was completed in 1999, and

Cross Section of Interior, her most recent work for this exhibition, was completed in 2023.

Cross-section of Imago (2006), blood-coral febrile network of wrapped tree branches and x-rays. Monumental, of variable dimensions, it stretches over 30ft high suspended by wires.

Foreground: Cross section of Curve (2016) depicts the interior of the body creating a dramatic interplay of light and dark, almost appearing to be lit from within, using discarded X-rays on wood and bamboo strips. 77x78ins.

Cross-section of Interior (2023),Taxidermied bird, X-rays on bamboo, wood strips and wrapped tree branches, 64x104ins.

Cross-section of Aperture/Orifice (2010) Carved plywood layers, leather, wood and X-ray, all sculpted in the shape of an eye the sclera of the eyeball appears reflective. 55x64ins.

Foreground: Cross Section of Arc, X-rays on wood strips (1999) 11 ft. long.

OVOID/O void (2003) Photocopied film on acetate and Plexiglas with wrapped branches and X-rays. The work depicts

a huge tree with dense branches and a red leaf-like heart is carved out and placed in the centre. Variable dimensions, approximately 8 ft. high.

About the Artist

Margaret Chen


“I cannot sever the past from my present works. Wherever I stand, whatever I do, my history is very much a part of my work, its base lying in the sum total of selected fragments from the past.”


Margaret Chen is a Jamaican sculptor of Chinese descent. Educated at the Jamaica School of Art (EMSVPA), she left Jamaica after graduating with distinction to pursue post-graduate studies in Canada at York University, Ontario where she earned a BFA with Honours in 1984, and MFA in 1986.

It was in Canada that she began her career as a sculptor, exhibiting in a number of Toronto galleries with increasing success. In the late 1980s Margaret chose to return to Jamaica for her first solo exhibition at the Upstairs Downstairs Galleries; to establish her studio, and to become an important contributor to group exhibitions locally and to exhibit her work in Jamaican exhibitions abroad.


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OPENING IN JUNE

WORKS FOR SALE

Zawdie Reece

"Heart Series"

Mixed media on Paper

40 X 26"

ID #: 3101120

Natasha Pasmore

"Rustic house Triptych"

Acrylic on Canvas on Hardboard

10.5 x 14"

ID #: 301157

Michael Parchment

"The Lost Sparrow"

Oil on Canvas

12 x 12"

ID #: 301706

Patrick Waldemar

"Ackee"

Watercolour paper

14 x 20"

ID #: 303116

Dennevan Brown

"Organic Nature Boy"

Mixed Media

19.5 x 28.5"

ID #: 303125

David Pottinger

"Untitled"

Oil on canvas

40 X 22"

ID #: 303241

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