David Gumbs: From Dust To Gold at Jepson Center, Savannah

By Burnaway Staff June 05, 2021

Installation view of David Gumbs: *From Dust to Gold* at the Jepson Center in Savannah. Photo by David Kaminsky

This exhibition represents the first U.S. solo exhibition by Caribbean artist David Gumbs, featuring immersive, interactive digital installations and drawings. Gumbs is a multi-disciplinary artist from the island of Saint Martin, currently based in Martinique. Inspired by Caribbean flora, fauna, history, and mythology, Gumbs’ work often is concerned with “the offscreen of perception, the cycle of life, the visible and invisible.”

from the exhibition text

David Gumbs: From Dust to Gold is on view at the Jepson Center in Savannah, Georgia.

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