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ESPACE LALLY
EXHIBITION: "Magic and Memories" (Magie & Mémoires)
July 11 – October 5, 2024
31 Rue du 4 Septembre, 34500, Beziers, France |
Discover Espace Lally's exhibition "Magic & Memories" (Magie & Mémoires), featuring voodoo-inspired paintings and sculptures from Haiti, curated by Reynald Lally.
Pierrot Barra, Constellation, 1994, Plastic doll and sequins, 47 × 33 in. / 20 × 84 cm
Pierrot Barra, born in 1942, worked with his wife Marie Cassaise, from Port-au-Prince’s Iron Market, Haiti, creating Vodou repositories from toys, fabric, glass, sequins, goats' horns, rosaries, costume jewellery, compact mirrors, Christmas ornaments, crucifixes, and other discarded materials. His works were inspired by dreams sent by his divine mentor, the lwa or spirit Ogou, and were primarily intended to serve as ‘little altars’ for the diverse members of the Vodou pantheon.
Richard Antilhomme, Couple, 1997, acrylic on canvas, 28 × 29 in. / 73 × 76 cm
Richard Antilhomme, the late self-taught Haitian painter and member of 'Cinq Soleils', was born in Petit Trou de Nippes in 1922 and died in November 2002 in Petion-Ville, Haiti. Born to farmer's parents, Antilhomme never attended school and moved to the capital at nine years old to work as a housekeeper, mechanic, painter, and construction. He met Tiga, the co-founder of the Saint Soleil art movement, who enrolled him as a member at 50. Antilhomme paints Voodoo-inspired themes in a raw and naive style.
Serge Jolimeau, The Spirit of Endurance, 1995, oil drum, 96 × 48 in. / 243 × 121 cm
Serge Jolimeau was born 1952 in the village of Noailles, in Croix des Bouquets. Jolimeau worked for two years as apprentice to Seresier Louis-Juste after he finished high school. Today he is one of Haiti’s two (along with Bien-Aimé) leading metal sculptors. Jolimeau's work has been exhibited internationally.
Dubréus Lhérisson, Chef Bizango, 2017, mixed media, 70 × 47 × 31 in. / 180 × 120 × 80 cm
Dubreus Lherisson was born on September 15, 1971, in Cap-Haitian. He moved to Port au Prince in 1981 to live with his mother and became familiar with the art of making voodoo flags in the Lakou Temple of the voodoo priest Ti-Boute. As a young child, his mentor Prospère taught him the rites and rhythms of voodoo and Lherisson soon joined in the rituals. At the same time, Ti-Boute taught him about the flags and suggests that he learn how to make them himself. Alongside Prospère, the head of the Houmfor (voodoo temple), he learnt the technique of applying sequins to fabric. When his teacher dies, Lherisson took his place as the director of the workshop, and his artistic journey begun.