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:: Etter Columbus.com - Contemporary art from Haiti and the Dominican Republic - Oslo, Norway ::
Edouard Duval-Carrie was born in Haiti in 1954, grew up in Canada, and now lives in Miami. He works both with painting and three-dimensional media in a variety of materials. As an emigre he is preoccupied with the original forms of Hispaniolan mythology, which he interprets using his own imagery and formal language. The heads shown here are portraits of the island's ancestors as they might have appeared prior to Columbus' "discovery" of America.
A central element and important symbol in Duval-Carrie's art is the boat. In practical terms the boat is a vital necessity for the island's residents, yet it also prompts other interpretations and associations, such as the exodus of boat-people, which constitutes a very real problem for Haiti today.
From his home in Miami, Duval-Carrie takes on the function of a bridge-builder, and as such he helps to make Haitian art familiar to a wider audience: "I personally believe that most artists are in one way or another reflections of their immediate surroundings. What they are confronted with on a daily routine is bound to affect and influence their personal visions of the world. This general tendency would simplify my answers to inquiries on the relative importance of popular culture in the context of the contemporary art world. But with the advent of a rapid globalization and the proliferation of information at all levels, this permits everyone, and particularly artists, to take their ideas from a global well." (from exhibition catalogue)
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