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  • ,111111 8 features August 19,1998. Sequins, Saints And Spirits: The Art of Vodou Flag Making by Phoebe Esmon Features Editor "Sequins, Saints, & Spirits," an exhibition of sequined banners made in honor of the traditional spirits of Vodou by artist Tina Girouard, will be in the Chelsea Gallery from August 17 - September 22. Following her graduation from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1968, Girouard moved to New York City. She is a multi- disciplinary artist, whose work has taken the shape of performance, installations, sculpture, and painting. Her work has been shown by such cutting edge galleries as 112 Green Street Gallery, P.S. 1,and the Clocktower. Vodou is a religion that was developed in Haiti by slaves. It is a heady mixture, based on the beliefs of their native ancestry and the Catholicism that was the religion of their masters. Vodou spirits can be likened to Catholic Saints. For in stance, Erzulie, called the great female spirit in their belief system, is comparable to the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. The sequined flags made to honor the Iwas are made up of a complex iconography. Each sacred spirit has a symbol. Howevef, the spirits often appear in several different forms, each form being a symbolic variation of its original. Girouard studied the art of Vodou flag-making with the late Haitian master Oleyant Antoine. Although she did not intend to appropriate a cultural art form, the more time she spent living and learning in Haiti, the more the culture became a part of her own artistic language. Physically speaking, Girouard's flags defy explanation. A curious wedding of archaic form with modern material and panache, it requires a conscious act of will to keep from reaching out and touching them. They are paintings of light. Girouard is the author of three books. Her latest, entitled The Sequined Arts of Haiti, details her own experience of living and learning in Haiti, as well as serving as a chronicle of a little known art form and the people who embrace it. There will be a slide presentation/lecture by the artist on September 21 at 4:00 p.m. in the Grand Room. Also on September 21, there will be an informal reception for the artist in the Chelsea Gallery with New Orleans poet Brenda Marie Osbey, following Osbey's poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Room. On Tuesday, September 22, there will be an informal Q&A session with Osbey and Girouard, entitled 'Saints and Spirits,' in the Chelsea Gallery at 10:00 a.m. The Chelsea Gallery is located on the second floor of the AK Hinds University center. For more information on "Sequins, Saints, and Spirits," please contact Beth Johnson at (828) 227-7206. 1492 Migration - Immigration 1992 - Photo by Phoebe Esmon LA SIRENE, 3 SHIPS-The female vodou spirit (loa), La Skene, is the mermaid. In this artwork produced in Port Au Prince in the spring of 1992, her face is the sun above the horizon, her body is the sea Her hair h Iri two of the ships up above the horizon. Her trumpet calls them toward her face which is the rising sun to th east, (she calls them toward Africa, toward Afric Guinen, where the spirit of the vodouist returns at death)& One ship is called "IMMAMOIJ", the traditional name of the ship in the veve (diagram) that represents AGOHF- protective male loa of the sea. The second ship is called "AYITI", the creole word for Haiti. The ship "AYITI" represents the boat people, thowands upon thowands of whom have boarded hand made sail boats to t escape the tyranny of those governing the country. The third ship is a US COAST GUARD cutter used forth daily forced return of the boat people for repatriation at PortAu Prince. This work is dedicated to the boat people, those forced to return to Haiti in 1992, to face certain physical, social and/or economic oppression ann to the boat people of 16th century, who were forced onto ships in Africa and delivered into slavery throuohnf the "New Wodd." This forced immigration and migration is a vicious circle that began with Columhus' la ■ anchor, in 1492, on the Caribbean island of Haiti. ymg Carolinian Erzulie - Photo by Phoebe Esmon IS. OPENING WITH MAD PHCES! • Expresso • Small Coffee • Muffins • Bagels Located on campus next to Valley Florist.
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