KAFOU: HAITI, ART & VODOU
Nottingham Contemporary presented a major exhibition of Haitian art, the UK’s first for many years. Nearly 200 paintings, sculptures and sequin flags by 35 artists from the 1940s to the present day trace the representation of Vodou, reflecting Haiti’s historical experience through the supernatural. Artists: Hector Hyppolite, Philomé Obin, Rigaud Benoit, Préfète Duffaut, Jacques-Enguerran Gourgue, André Pierre, Georges Liautaud, Célestin Faustin, Prosper Pierre-Louis, Antoine Oleyant, Frantz Zéphirin, ANDRE EUGENE, CELEUR JEAN-HERARD, RONALD BAZILE AKA CHEBY, and Edouard Duval-Carrié, all of whom developed distinct visual languages to represent the gods, rituals and atmosphere of Vodou. CURATED BY ALEX FARQUHARSON & LEAH GORDON
