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May, 2005 Edouard Duval-Carrié by Onajide Shabaka Edouard Duval-Carrie has maintained a studio in Miami for a good number of years now. His studio could really be called a learning resource center with his many books and art from around the world. Maybe one would think with his work clearly contextualized in his Haitian cultural background, his studio would also reflect the incorporation of hundreds of artifacts seen in the paintings and handcrafted frames. This is exactly the case. His "The Indigo Room” from this past summer’s artist-in-residence program at the Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale probably provides a very good example of his recent work done in collaboration with local students. Michael Mills elaborates about the museum installation in his Broward/ Palm Beach New Times article: “[O]ne full wall in the space features a conglomeration of light boxes -- three long, vertical rectangles, surrounded by nearly a hundred small squares -- that commemorate, in various ways, the bicentennial of Haitian independence. The boxes contain an assortment of items such as photographs and plastic miniatures of animals, plants, and other objects. The piece also spills onto the ceiling, where there are nine more illuminated panels, and into a small alcove to the right of the entrance, where disembodied hands reach out from the walls surrounding a radiant bust of a creature that resembles the mythical gorgon Medusa.” The boxes mentioned by Mills were filled with items provided by young students enrolled in the summer programs of the museum. His studio has also been a meeting place for his friends and family. That same studio is a place of production of a large body of work including, paintings, drawings, and sculpture. (IMAGES) :: Education ::
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