Suriname: Personal History · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

For Paramaribo SPAN, Chris Cozier visits Dhiradj Ramsamoedj’s home to view the artist's Adji (which means ‘maternal grandmother’) Gilas cups and notes: “This is a very personal navigation of his experience — his own memory and relationship to family and place.  This processing and reconfiguring defines the current moment in which many contemporary Surinamese artists are proceeding.”