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From 'Inner Glory' (2009, mixed media) If, as Embah says, art is measuring life, then how do we measure art? Or the artist's engagement with his art, over the years? Can we even measure art at all? Can we measure life at all? What does it mean to say that life is measurable? Do we even have to measure life? Shouldn't we just be living it? These were not the questions that were, at first, at the forefront of my mind as I strolled through Embah's current exhibition 'Measuring Tape' which is enjoying an extended run at the Fernandes Industrial Estate. I'd left work early to stop by before 6pm when the exhibition normally closes. I had decided to convince my dad to come along. He and Embah hit it off instantly, beginning a very long, intense conversation at the front space of what used to house CCA7. As they chatted, I took a look at the work. 'Measuring Tape' is like a retrospective of the artist and his life. There is a deliberate blend of old and...

  WHO? 'Who am I?' You getting trapped. I not telling you your business but everybody try that in the school system and it flopped. You talking about work, and while you talking work something happens in the work. From the time you ask them kinda questions, is stereotype. You understand what I telling you? The ministry fool people. In fact, they didn't like me because I used to mash it up. When the children used to come for them interviews--what you call it? Umm, to do an illustrated essay on a local artist; that was the early CXC people--I used to tell them point blank, 'Don't tell me dat chupidness. Ask questions about the art. We talking artwork. In the process of talking if those questions come up fine.' Because where you born ain't have nothing to do with what you become, to that extent. Who your parents were most of the time don't hold up, because the circumstances are frequently beyond their control. If it was up to my parents, I would never be do...

Flyer for Embah's 'Measuring Tape' featuring his 'Monument 11' Go check out Embah's latest exhibition, 'Measuring Tape' at the Fernandes Industrial Estate, Laventille. The exhibition has been on since September 29, viewing hours 10am to 6pm. There will be a "toast" in Embah's honor tonight from 6pm, hosted by Abovegroup .