Artist Talk and Studio Tour

THE GLOBAL CARIBBEAN: STUDIO VISIT

Edouard’s Studio, 225 NE 59th St, Miami | Transportation Options

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Participants are invited to a guided studio tour led by Fredo Rivera about the Haitian-born, Miami-based artist, Eduoard Duval-Carrié, highlighting how his practice weaves the aesthetic with the everyday, creating works that represent a Caribbean Diaspora in motion. You will have the opportunity to experience Duval-Carrié’s large-scale paintings and sculptures in which the real and the imaged combine to create haunting and beautiful compositions.

Edouard Duval-Carrié’s work explores the social and historical aspects of Haitian culture. His imagery includes very often Voodoo gods combined with aspects of classical mythology and Haiti’s national heroes, the typical fusion that characterizes the Caribbean. His images are visual examples of Magic Realism, portraying a world in which reality and mythology come hand in hand. In 2014 he had a major retrospective at Perez Art Miami Museum (PAMM). His works are part of the collections of many museums and institutions such as The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan; Musée des Arts Africains et Océaniens, Paris France; Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa; Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, Florida; Musee de Pantheon National Haitien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, Mexico; among others. Duval-Carrié was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, moved to Miami in 1992, and established himself as an integral factor in the city’s cultural fabric.

Fredo Rivera is a curator, drag performer, and Assistant Professor of Art History at Grinnell College. His research and teaching focus on modern architecture and globalization, the global city, and Caribbean art and visual culture. Their research and writing has explored the role of revolution and nationalism in socialist Cuba. They have also worked on exhibitions regarding Haitian art. Currently he is working on publications regarding the politics of migration, urban development, and the art world in Miami. She is also a proud member of the House of Shame, and occasionally performs as their bearded drag persona Lolita Cabrón.