Creando el museo nacional. Exposiciones artísticas e identidad en la Jamaica postcolonial

Abstract

This article aims to reassess the significance of the process of the independence and construction of the nation of Jamaica through the development of the country’s art institutions and the system used to exhibit art. In doing so the article will analyse the main aspects and problems that conditioned cultural policies in Jamaica following independence. It will also detail the role of the various stakeholders involved and draw a link between them and the framework for exhibiting contemporary Caribbean art both in the region and outside it.