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bidding on the Exhibit Catalog:
Cross Currents:
Haitian Art in the Diaspora
PUBLISHED BY: Broward County Commission Libraries
PUBLICATION DATE: 2002
BINDING: soft cover
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
PAGES : 12 PAGES
DIMENSIONS : 7" x 8.5"
CONDITION :
very good
Item is in very good condition in publisher’s stapled wraps.
It is the catalog of an exhibit of the same name presented by
the Broward County Library and Emile Viard / Vie & Art Collection from November
2, 2002 to November 30, 2002 in Gallery six on the sixth floor of the Broward
County Main Library.
The
exhibit featured paintings by Fritzvelt Rourouss Antoine, Erns Turgo Bastien,
Bermy Dorvil, Lucien Leconte, Vidho Lorville, Garry Mabour, Arlene Magloire and
Guy C. Syllien.
Born in
Miragoâne, Fritzvelt Rourouss Antoine is a self-taught artist who paints,
draws, creates collages and graphics, and restores art.
A native
of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Erns Turgo Bastien is a painter, sculptor and art
teacher. His art is considered constructivism.
Bermy
Dorvil was born in Dondon and is skilled in painting and art restoration. His
art is a blend of naturalism, primitive and naïve art, which he studied in 1978
at the Philomé Obin School, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti.
Lucien
Leconte was born in Port?au?Prince, Haiti. He is the founder and artistic director
of La Galerie Lezard in Dakar. Described as an artist in the abstract
expressionism and neo-expressionism styles.
Born in Carrefour, Haiti, Vidho Lorville paints, teaches art, and creates sculptures and multimedia collages. His style is described as neo-realism. He holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Ecole National des Arts (ENARTS), Haiti.
Garry Mabour studied at the Ecole National des Arts (ENARTS). His style is defined as both surrealism and abstract.
A self-taught
artist born in New York; Arlene Magloire moved to Haiti in 1983. She returned
to New York in 1991 and took art classes with John Goodman at Queens College.
After she began painting professionally, she returned to Haiti and continued
studying on her own.
Born in
Gonaïves, Guy C. Syllien started drawing and painting at ten years old by
imitating some of the Haitian masters. He studied at the College Canado
Haïtien, Metropolitain d'Haiti Eftec in Haiti, and later moved to Miami and
enrolled in Miami-Dade Community College. He continued his education as a
student of visual arts at the New World School of the Arts and became a professional
artist.
Each
artist has one page dedicated to to their biography, artist’s statement,
B&W copy of the artist and one of their featured artwork.
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