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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b10695288.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 44).".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "72 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Vodou things.".
- catalog identifier "1578060141 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Vodou things.".
- catalog isPartOf "Folk art and artists series".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
- catalog relation "Vodou things.".
- catalog spatial "Haiti.".
- catalog subject "709/.2 21".
- catalog subject "Art, West African Influence.".
- catalog subject "Barra, Pierrot Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Cassaise, Marie Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "N6608.B274 C67 1998".
- catalog subject "Outsider art Haiti.".
- catalog subject "Vodou in art.".
- catalog subject "Voodooism in art.".
- catalog title "Vodou things : the art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise / Donald J. Cosentino.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".