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“New Vocabularies”, Moko - Caribbean arts and letters, November 16, 2022

“But every piece from the [Bermuda] biennial (whose jurors were Claire Gilman, Alexandria Smith, and Richard Georges), selected here for publication in Moko has been chosen also because it in some way troubles the categories of genre we so often take for granted. These pieces exemplify how these categories are more – to borrow Jacques Derrida’s notion from his famous essay ‘The Law of Genre’ – contaminated than we would like to admit...Cynthia Kirkwood’s delicate paintings recall asemic writing.”

Andre Bagoo, “Introduction - New Vocabularies”, Moko, November 16, 2022

“Curating Joy at the Annual Kents' Corner Exhibition”, Seven Days, September 21, 2022

“Biennial has freed artists to explore the world as they see it”, The Royal Gazette, August 15, 2022

“Cynthia Kirkwood’s three submissions are enigmatic, mysterious really. All three are made with a variety of unusual materials, such as walnut ink, rosewater and various pigments, such as gold, mica and garnet. Each of her marks are by their very nature, beautiful little gems. These small works, it seems are the product of creative intuition, meaning they are produced without much conscious thought.

Kirkwood says that her Triple Spinning Balance, came to her in a dream. The concept of spinning is a fundamental aspect of all nature, from the sub atomic level to that of the galactic. There is even some thought that the universe itself is spinning. Although Kirkwood’s art is small, her concepts are huge.”

Charles Zuill, “Biennial has freed artists to explore the world as they see it”, The Royal Gazette, August 15, 2022

“A Universal Conversation”, Bermuda National Gallery blog, November 2, 2020