Says exhibition curator Herman Mhire (also the first Prez of Festival): The Haitian painting tradition is complex, reflecting African and European influences, and expressed in a wide variety of styles from naïve / self-taught to academically trained and abstract. What is truly remarkable about Haiti is the visual feast produced by a nation of painters in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The language of this island nation lacking a written cultural tradition is art, straight to poetry, bypassing prose.
Haiti: Paintings from Paradise
**The Collection of Yvonne and Glenn Stokes
Featuring Selections from the Collections of
John Allen Franciscus, Madlyn and Paul Hilliard,
Sandra and Joel Wallins
Acadiana Center for the Arts,
March 9 – April 30, 2016
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