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| High society and then some by Chester Francis-Jackson High society and then some THERE'S NOTHING more fabulous on a Sunday morning than an artistic and or cultural endeavour. And little wonder here, as among the many tenets that set this much admired class a cut above the rest, is their appreciation, respect and patronage of the finer things of life, whether that be the arts, the esoteric, or the creative. To be sure, it is this appreciation for these endeavours, which easily identifies those to the manner born, as against social pretenders. That, and the manner with which the help is treated, as while the bhuttocrat constantly gripe about the help, and will seek to publicly remonstrate and/or belittle those serving them, those to the manner born, or even properly adopted, display no such boorish proclivity. Anyways my dears, one digresses, there's nothing as regal as seeing the very well heeled out at leisure and basking in the social titivation that attends cultural and artistic events. And when it is the exhibition of the works of a revered artist, and to be hosted no less than a revered art collector, socialite and arbiter, then y'all know we are talking a social here of the highest order and nothing but! Dears, it was like that last Sunday morning when Ambassador Peter King opened up his fabulous residence on Waterloo Road, to host The Jamaica Series - the latest works of celebrated British born artist, Graham Davis, now resident in Jamaica, for the last 35 five years. On the social Richter scale, the affaire was a tenner, and then some! Talk about High-society! Well, it was like that and then some as Graham Davis is not only a leading artist of his genre, his works are not the kind of stuff one finds in department stores, and even more rarely, in galleries as his is definitely not your run of the mill offering. Y'all know the old saying 'if you have to ask the price, you probably can't afford it'? Well, it's like that! Anyways, described as a 'Labour of Love' the Jamaica Series is the artist's tribute to his adopted homeland, as he captures in his own inimitable style, artistic snapshots on his canvases of Jamaican scenery, journeying from Port Royal, through to Trelawny, where he immortalised the St. Mark's Church in Rio Bueno, (since damaged by fire) with part proceeds from the sale of this particular work, going towards the church's restoration fund. |