Baby on the Blender: A Visual History of Catastrophe in Haiti

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Research Article| November 01 2011 Baby on the Blender: A Visual History of Catastrophe in Haiti Donald Cosentino Donald Cosentino Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Small Axe (2011) 15 (3 (36)): 134–154. https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-1443358 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Donald Cosentino; Baby on the Blender: A Visual History of Catastrophe in Haiti. Small Axe 1 November 2011; 15 (3 (36)): 134–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-1443358 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsSmall Axe Search Advanced Search A description and analysis of the symbiotic relationship between Vodou-inspired arts and the political, economic, and social calamities that have enveloped Haiti in the last half-century, from the Duvalier dictatorships to the recent election of Michel (“Sweet Micky”) Martelly. Cosentino particularly focuses on the paintings of Edouard Duval-Carrié, the bricolage of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise, the beaded tableaux of Rudy Azor and Myrlande Constant, and the postapocalyptic sculptures of a collective of contemporary Haitian artists who call themselves Atis rezistans. The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © Small Axe, Inc.2011 Issue Section: The Visual Life of Catastrophic History You do not currently have access to this content.

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