An edition of Vodou things (1998)

Vodou things

the art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise

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An edition of Vodou things (1998)

Vodou things

the art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise

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Pierrot Barra and his wife Marie Cassaise create and sell their "Vodou things" in the ramshackle Iron Market of downtown Port-au-Prince. Their art is the most astonishing that the author of this fascinating book has encountered during more than a decade of researching Vodou in Haiti. He considers their work, which celebrates and evokes the powerful gods of Haiti, to be the most original Vodou art in the world.

From refuse, junk, kitsch, and Roman Catholic imagery the artists assemble startling creations that have given a new direction to "postmodernism" and "outsider art." Using rubber dolls, sunglasses, holy cards, barbecue forks, goats' horns, speedometers, rosaries, costume jewelry, mirrors, Christmas ornaments, crucifixes, sequins, and velour, they create sculptures that portray the fiery and potent gods of Haiti.

No matter how Barra and Cassaise's appreciators may choose to label their art, these artists remain deeply Haitian and profoundly devoted to Vodou. Their sculptures capture the teeming, rich cultural history of their country, a land that is sustained by distant memories of Africa, haunted by the imagery of Catholic saints and Masonic regalia, and bewitched by imported kitsch from Hollywood.

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English
Pages
72

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Vodou things: the art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise
1998, University Press of Mississippi
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44).

Published in
Jackson
Series
Folk art and artists series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
709/.2
Library of Congress
N6608.B274 C67 1998, N6608.B274C67 1998

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Pagination
72 p. :
Number of pages
72

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL671200M
ISBN 10
1578060141
LCCN
97017175
OCLC/WorldCat
36892763
Library Thing
1596910
Goodreads
2315926

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