Remy JungermanPEEPINA D III, 2011
At the art academy in Paramaribo, Jungerman was introduced to the book Afro-American Arts of the Suriname Rain Forest (1980) by Sally and Richard Price, a report of a comprehensive study conducted in the interior region of Suriname by two American scholars. The book opened Jungerman’s eyes to the aesthetics of Maroon culture, particularly the geometric patterns of shoulder capes, and he discerned a link between the images in the book and Western modernism. In 2011, he made a series of silkscreens based on details of shoulder capes in the book. The patterns and colors invite reference to Western abstraction while simultaneously retaining visible evidence of their origin: lines on fabric will never be mistaken for the completely straight ones found in works of Western modernism.
