{"title":"Dennis de Caires","description":"\u003cp\u003eDennis de Caires (1938–2008) was a Guyanese painter, publisher, and cultural figure whose career spanned fine art, journalism, and the promotion of Caribbean visual culture. Born in British Guiana (now Guyana), he studied in London before returning to the Caribbean, where he became a significant presence in the cultural life of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a painter, de Caires worked in a figurative tradition informed by his Caribbean context and his engagement with the international art world of the 1960s and 70s. He exhibited alongside Frank Bowling — another major Guyanese artist of his generation — and was part of a broader network of Caribbean artists navigating the relationship between postcolonial identity, abstraction, and figuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond his practice as a painter, de Caires was the founder and long-serving editor of the \u003cem\u003eStabroek News\u003c\/em\u003e, one of Guyana’s leading independent newspapers, and a founding editor of the \u003cem\u003eCaribbean Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e. His contribution to Caribbean intellectual and cultural life extended well beyond the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Rare holds printed matter and exhibition ephemera related to Dennis de Caires, including documents from exhibitions presented alongside Frank Bowling in Georgetown, Guyana.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"frank-bowling-dennis-de-caires-recent-paintings-umana-yana-georgetown-1989","title":"Frank Bowling \u0026 Dennis de Caires — Recent Paintings, The Umana Yana, Georgetown, 1989","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition catalogue. The Umana Yana, Georgetown, Guyana, 1989. Softcover, stapled wrappers. 16 pp., colour plates. Organised with the assistance of the British Council and the Department of Culture in Guyana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: good vintage condition; age toning to covers and pages, light handling wear, minor edge and corner wear, soft creasing and visible staple wear at centre. Interior complete and readable, with plates presenting well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatalogue produced for \u003cem\u003eFrank Bowling \u0026amp; Dennis de Caires: Recent Paintings\u003c\/em\u003e, held at The Umana Yana, Georgetown, Guyana, 2–14 May 1989. Organised with the assistance of the British Council and the Department of Culture in Guyana. Texts by Vivien Raynor, Valentin Tatransky and Jean Seigel among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBowling’s return to Guyana in 1989 places the catalogue in a specific biographical and geographic circuit: British Guiana \/ London \/ New York \/ Guyana. De Caires, born in Georgetown in 1957, appears alongside Bowling in a shared exhibition that later resurfaced as a point of reference for their joint presentation in Wales in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe venue matters. The Umana Yana was built in Georgetown in 1972 and takes its name from a Wai Wai term for a meeting place. By 1989, it was not simply a neutral exhibition hall, but a national civic structure carrying Indigenous, postcolonial and diplomatic histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small catalogue for a short exhibition, but also a record of movement: two Guyanese-born painters, British Council support, a Georgetown venue, and painting returned to local public space through printed form. The acknowledgements, sponsorship notes, artist photograph, colour plates and sparse design all keep the exhibition’s infrastructure visible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976119804242,"sku":"BOWLING-UMANAYANA-CAT-1989","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Bowling_Frank._Caires_Dennis_De._Recent_Paintngs._The_Umana_Yana._Georgetown_Guyana_May2-14_1989._1989_3d12b588-dc5c-4aaf-864c-450d1893d1a1.jpg?v=1783743653"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/dennis-de-caires.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}