Art + Revolution in Haiti
23.09.2018 > 18.11.2018
AS PART OF ITS ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALTERNATIVE ART-MAKERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING INVITES YOU TO EXPERIENCE ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI.
THIS IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION RECALLS THE MOMENT IN 1945 WHEN SURREALISM DESCENDED ON A FORMER SLAVE COLONY - AND REWROTE NOT JUST HISTORY, BUT ART HISTORY.
TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORY, THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING PRESENTS RARELY SEEN PERIOD ARTWORKS FROM LE CENTRE D’ART D’HAÏTI ALONGSIDE ORIGINAL MATERIAL FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ANDRÉ BRETON.
THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO HAVE HELPED SUPPORT ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI, MOST IMPORTANTLY THE STAFF AND ARCHIVE OF LE CENTRE D’ART D’HAÏTI IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
For a selection of the archive documents featured in ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI please click HERE.
TO CONTACT THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING ABOUT AVAILABLE ARTWORKS, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
To coincide with the final weekend of ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI, THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING PRESENTS a screening and talk with artist and curator Leah Gordon. This free event takes place from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday 17th November.
On Sunday 18th November The Gallery of Everything also presents an all-day screening of IN THE EYE OF THE SPIRAL (2014) by Eve Blouin and Raynald Leconte.