Andrew Lyght

L. H. Roper is Professor of History at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Andrew Lyght combines drawing, painting, and sculpture in works that range in size from drawings to six-story hanging constructions. Born in Guyana, he currently resides in Kingston, New York. Karwan Fatah-Black is Assistant Professor of History at Leiden University. Carl E. Hazlewood is a writer and curator currently living in Brooklyn, New York, and the cofounder of Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, New Jersey. Bram Hoonhout is PhD researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Renata Karlin is an art historian and critic living in New York City. Tumelo Mosaka is an independent curator with an international reputation whose recent exhibitions include Poetics of Relation (2015) at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami, Florida. Sara J. Pasti is the Neil C. Trager Director of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Barbara Rose is an art historian, critic, and curator. Artemis Zenetou is the Executive Director of the Fulbright Foundation in Greece.

• IntroductionForewordCurator StatementHow He Became In Dialogue with Andrew LyghtThen thru NowHistoric GuyanaGuyana: A Brief Early HistoryGuyana in the Eighteenth Century: From Trading Outposts to Plantation ColoniesFull Circle Andrew Lyght: Running the Race, Keeping the PaceAndrew Lyght: Rebel and GuardianAndrew Lyght: He Did It His WayThe Exhibit Insider NotesBuilder/Fabricator: Studio Gallery HomeThe Process: Flight Kite/Linear DimensionsSet DesignArc in Full CircleAcknowledgments

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