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Ras ishi butcher biography of christopher

          Born, in St John, Barbados....

          By Dave Cox

          Growing up I vividly remember there was a commercial on TV about an art exhibition at the Queens Park Gallery.

          When the food trays appeared, Ishi Butcher, a rastafarian artist from Barbados, looked at the food in dismay, pushing it aside, and said: “Dem Spanish, bare.

        1. 1: Bio info sheet; resume and portfolio (); published and unpublished articles/essays on Christopher Cozier; newspaper clippings; correspondence with Anne.
        2. Born, in St John, Barbados.
        3. About the Artist Ras Ishi Butcher (b.
        4. Each artist is represented by a page that shows a definitive work, biographical details, and a short write-up about their oeuvre.

          5. It featured a dramatic voice saying, ‘VEX! RasIshi and RasAykem are VEX!’ For some reason this commercial always made me smile. I couldn’t understand the need for the over-the-top rendition and I definitely never understood why these two artists were so upset.

          Over twenty years after I last heard that commercial the universe has given me a chance to solve one of mypersonal mysteries.

          In his studio in Sealy Hall, St. John I sit down with the legendary RasIshi Butcher.

          Ras Ishi has, over an illustrious near forty year career, crafted and perfected a visual language and iconography that is uniquely his own.

          My first question of course is,“Why were you VEX?” Sitting stoically in the corner with the afternoon sun gleaming through the window on his silver dreadlocks he strokes his beard and laughs. “We were young and we had a lot to say then.”

          RasIshi Butcher was born in 1965 and grew up in St.

          John. At primary school he remembers doing drawing and painting and being enthralled by it. This connection