Edouard Duval-Carrié
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Edouard Duval-Carrié (born 1954) is a
Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
an-born American contemporary painter and sculptor based in Miami, Florida.


Life

Edouard Duval-Carrié was born in
Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ...
. His family emigrated to
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during the
François Duvalier François Duvalier (; 14 April 190721 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haiti, Haitian politician and Haitian Vodou, Vodouisant who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He was elected president in the 195 ...
regime, while he was a child. Duval-Carrié studied at the
Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...
and
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in
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before graduating with a
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from Loyola College, Montréal in 1978. He later attended the
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in
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,
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, from 1988 to 1989. He resided in France for many years and currently lives in
Miami, Florida Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
. "I didn't want to go back to Haiti because of the political turmoil there. I have two kids," he explains. Instead, he resides among Miami's substantial Haitian immigrant population and maintains cultural ties to his homeland. His works have been exhibited in
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and the
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.


Work

Duval-Carrié's art reflects the culture and history of Haiti with references to the
Vodou Voodoo may refer to: Religions * West African Vodún, a religion practiced by Gbe-speaking ethnic groups * African diaspora religions, a list of related religions sometimes called Vodou/Voodoo ** Candomblé Jejé, also known as Brazilian Vodum ...
religion. His work is often overtly political, executed in attempts to embody his nation's spirit and its troubles with an attitude that is neither detached nor ironic. His 1979 work ''J.C. Duvalier en Folle de Marié'' (''
Jean-Claude Duvalier Jean-Claude Duvalier (; 3 July 19514 October 2014), nicknamed "Baby Doc" (, ), was a Haitian dictator who held the presidency of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986. He succeeded his father François ...
as Mad Bride'') is a criticism of the country's controversial leader. Later in ''Mardigras at
Fort Dimanche Fort Dimanche is a former prison in Haiti located near La Saline in Port-au-Prince that was notorious for torture and murder during the reign of François Duvalier. It was declared a monument in 1987. The original Fort Dimanche was built by the Fr ...
'' Duval-Carrié juxtaposes Duvalier against a torture chamber, an army general, and other symbols of the repressive regime.
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classified his output as
magical realism Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a style or genre of fiction and art that presents a realistic view of the world while incorporating magical elements, often blurring the lines between speculation and reality. ''Magical rea ...
for an event to accompany the book launch of ''Continental Shifts: The Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié'', which was published by the university's press. He operates in a variety of media: altarpieces, lacquered tiles, and reliquaries in addition to painting and sculpture. Installations have become more prevalent in his recent output. As Duval-Carrié explained his artistic motivations for a Miami art gallery:
I have tried to analyze the historical context of the genesis of that partial island nation
aiti Aiti (in Corsican ''Àiti'', pronounced aː.i.di is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Geography Aiti is some 15 km north of Corte and about 25 km inland from the east coast of Corsica. ...
looked at the strife and suffering that brought the then society of slaves and slave masters to the point of ebullition. I look closely at the savagery on both parts of the struggle, understanding and giving my total sympathy to the downtrodden, not realizing that patterns are easily learned and extremely resilient to alteration... I have scrutinized the successive generations of pathetic leaders and their sordid entourages... But that is politics and an artist should be well cautioned to keep at bay that kind of poetry, which should be resumed as that of futility. So a step further or a level deeper was reached when the fabulous world of spirits, old and new, true and false, real and imagined, made themselves felt at different planes of consciousness. They come under many names, all quite entrancing. “Loas”, “Espirits”, or “Mysteres” all conveying a sense of foreboding inspiring the nebulousness from whence they come.
Duval-Carrié's work was exhibited at the "Ouidah '92" festival, which celebrated
Vodun art Vodun art is associated with the West African Vodun religion of Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana. The term is sometimes used more generally for art associated with related religions of West and Central Africa and of the African diaspora in Brazil, ...
from Benin and the African Diaspora in
Ouidah Ouidah (English: ; French: ) or Whydah (; ''Ouidah'', ''Juida'', and ''Juda'' by the French; ''Ajudá'' by the Portuguese; and ''Fida'' by the Dutch), and known locally as Glexwe, formerly the chief port of the Kingdom of Whydah, is a city on t ...
, Benin in February 1993. Duval-Carrié received a South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual Art Fellowship in 1995 and a Southern Arts Federation Visual Art Fellowship in 1996. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, France, Mexico, and in several states of the United States. Two of the artist's works are displayed as public commissions in Miami: a 1996 piece for the Jefferson Reaves Rehabilitative and Health Center and ''The Lady of Miami'' at One Miami Riverwalk. In 2014, the
Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)—officially known as the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County—is a contemporary art museum that relocated in 2013 to the Maurice A. Ferré Park in Downtown Miami, Florida. Founded in 1984 as the Cent ...
presented ''Imagined Landscapes'', a career survey of Duval-Carrié's work featuring ''After Heade–Moonlit Landscape,'' the first work the artist produced in the Imagined Landscapes series, which depicts a human figure in the center of the canvas surrounded by natural landscapes. The piece draws from the 19th century painting ''View from Fern-Tree Walk,'' authored by American painter
Martin Johnson Heade Martin Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819 – September 4, 1904) was an American Painting, painter known for his salt marsh Landscape art, landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of hummingbirds, often depicted with orchids, as well as lotus blossoms ...
. Heade traveled around the
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, and
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, visiting
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. His production was inspired by the traveling journals and drawings made by
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and
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.


Collections

*
Figge Art Museum The Figge Art Museum is located on the north bank of the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa. The Figge, as it is commonly known, has an encyclopedic collection and serves as the major art museum for the eastern Iowa and western Illinois regio ...
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* Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, Iowa *
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*
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is a collecting museum located in North Miami, Florida. The building was designed by the architecture firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, New York City. History The Museum of Contemporary Art beg ...
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Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)—officially known as the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County—is a contemporary art museum that relocated in 2013 to the Maurice A. Ferré Park in Downtown Miami, Florida. Founded in 1984 as the Cent ...
, Florida * Musee des Art Africains et Oceaniens, Paris *
Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien The Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien (MUPANAH) is a museum featuring the heroes of the independence of Haiti, the Haitian history and culture. History The National Pantheon Museum in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti was opened in 1983 during the pres ...
, Port-au-Prince, Haiti *
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, Monterrey, Mexico *National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. *
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Polk Museum of Art The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College (The AGB), formerly known as the Polk Museum of Art, is a private, non-profit, and nationally accredited art museum in Lakeland, Florida. It is a member of the Florida Associatio ...
, Lakeland, Florida * Musée du College St. Pierre, Port-au-Prince, Haiti *
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* Young At Art Museum, Davie, Florida


Exhibitions

*March 13, 2014 - Aug. 31, 2014 ''Edouard Duval-Carrié: Imagined Landscapes'',
Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)—officially known as the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County—is a contemporary art museum that relocated in 2013 to the Maurice A. Ferré Park in Downtown Miami, Florida. Founded in 1984 as the Cent ...


Publications

* Mason, Kara M. (2014). "From Revolution in the Tropics to Imagined Landscapes: The Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié." Florida: Pérez Art Museum Miami.


References

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External links


Artist's official website
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