www.jaxsprats.com "If it's unique, we have it" Jaxsprat's Unique Collectibles http://stores.ebay.com/Jaxsprats-Unique-Collectibles/African-Art-Black-Memorabilia An introduction to Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou by Alex Farquharson Director of Nottingham Contemporary and Co-Curator of the show. Nottingham Contemporary, based in Nottingham's historic Lace Market is one of the UK's largest art centres. The gallery opened in November 2009 with an exhibition on David Hockney and Frances Stark. As well as a rolling programme of a three or four exhibitions a year, the art centre also houses a cafe, shop, auditorium and education space. The gallery is also part of the Plus TATE partnership. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Signed-Ludovic-J-Simpson-Haitian-Art-Village-Scene-Painting-Haiti-/160932200555 The Kafou exhibition, which opened in October, is one of the first UK exhibitions on Haitian art in a few years. With a mixture of paintings, sculptures, videos and textiles the exhibition fills all four of the gallery's exhibition rooms. Haiti is especially known for the art of its urban and rural poor. The label "naive" has often been applied to it, but doesn't do it justice. The imaginative power and visual intricacy of these artworks reflect the richness of Haitian history and culture. They are in sharp contrast to the country's familiar reputation for extreme poverty, natural disaster and political violence. http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-SIGNED-B-Mascary-Haitian-Art-Women-Market-Place-Acrylic-Painting-/160907033712 As well as the selection of naive art, the exhibition also focuses on Vodou inspired art. Practised predominantly in Haiti, Vodou (not to be confused with Louisiana Voodoo) is a syncretic religion, which originated in the French slave Colony of Saint-Domingue in the 18th Century. The word 'Vodou' is descended from the Ayizo word referring to "mysterious forces or powers that govern the world and the lives of those who reside within it...". Followers/practitioners typically refer to themselves as 'servers of the spirits', whereas ritual ceremonies are described as a 'service to the loa' - 'Loa' are the spirits of Haitian Vodou (also referred to as Lwa or L'hwa). http://stores.ebay.com/Jaxsprats-Unique-Collectibles/Latin-American-Hispanic-Art Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. http://stores.ebay.com/Jaxsprats-Unique-Collectibles/Painting-Prints-Posters http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Signed-Joel-Gauthier-Haitian-Naif-Jungle-Caribbean-Art-Painting-Haiti-/160923349241

• published: 14 Jan 2013
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