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Vodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise (Folk Art and Artists Series) Hardcover - 1998
by Cosentino, Donald J
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- near fine
- Hardcover
Pierrot Barra and his wife Marie Cassaise are the most astonishing artists that the author of this fascinating book has encountered in more than a decade of researching Vodou in Haiti. Inspired by dreams and psychic visions of Vodoun divinities, the couples' sculptures combine distant memories of Africa, the imagery of Catholic saints, Masonic regalia, and Hollywood Kitsch. 48 full-color photos.
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- Title Vodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise (Folk Art and Artists Series)
- Author Cosentino, Donald J
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 72
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
- Date 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # SKU1011487
- ISBN 9781578060146 / 1578060141
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.24 x 8.42 x 0.42 in (20.93 x 21.39 x 1.07 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Barra, Pierrot - Criticism and interpretation, Cassaise, Marie - Criticism and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97017175
- Dewey Decimal Code 709.2
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From the rear cover
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.
