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D I R E C T O R Y
(By Category)
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I N D I G O A R T S Gallery showcases the finest international folk and contemporary art. Our regular exhibitions have featured Haitian paintings, Mexican prints and paintings, Nicaraguan "primitivista" paintings, Cuban self-taught artists, West African barbershop signboards and African, Asian and Oceanic masks and sculpture. Solo shows have featured the prints and paintings of Fernando Olivera and Rodolfo Morales from Oaxaca, Mexico, Chicano artist/illustrator Ralfka Gonzalez, Nicaraguan artist Ignacio Fletes Cruz and others.
To order any of these artworks or to see photographs of these and more works, please click the Contact/Visit Us icon above, e-mail us directly at indigofamily@indigoarts.com or call our toll-free phone number at 1-888-INDIART. We are happy to accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express cards.
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Paintings, Sculpture and
Vodou Banners from Haiti
Indigo Arts Gallery celebrates the artistic genius and the indomitable spirit of the Haitian people, with a continually changing collection of Haitian paintings. We fell in love with the art and people of Haiti on our first visit sixteen years ago. While our focus is on artists actively working today, we also have a stock of paintings from the 60's through the 90's that we have collected in Haiti over the last fifteen years or acquired from estates and collections. A sampling of the artists we normally carry includes: Theard Aladin, Gerald Bruny, Gelin Buteau, Gerard Fortuné, Alexandre Gregoire, Jorelus Joseph, Dieuseul Paul, Gerard Paul, Manno Paul, Denis Smith, Louisiane St. Fleurant, Pierre-Joseph Valcin, Julien Valery, Jacques Valmidor and Wagler Vital. We also offer sculpture fashioned from recycled steel oil drums by such artists as Gabriel Bien-Aimé, Serge Jolimeau, Janvier Louis-Juste and Michel Ramil Remy.
Click here to see our current selection of Haitian paintings.
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Doubtless the most spectacular Haitian art form is the sequin-covered Drapo Vodou or "Voodoo Flag". Vodou banners derive directly from the practice of the Vodou religion. The banners are traditionally the work of practicing vodou priests and their followers. They are displayed in the vodou sanctuaries and are carried at the commencement of a ceremony. Each flag depicts the vévé symbol or image of the loa to which it is devoted. The flags are made of shiny silk fabrics to which have been sewn a brilliant mosaic of sequins and beads. A full-size banner typically contains up to 20,000 sequins and may take ten days to complete.
Among the more traditional practitioners of the art we show at Indigo Arts are Sylva Joseph, Clotaire Bazile, and Yves Telemac. We have also exhibited the work of the late Antoine Oleyant, among the first artists to expand the bounds of the tradition and achieve recognition for his flags as sequin paintings in their own right. Other important sequin artists at Indigo Arts include Maxon Scylla, Mogirus, George Valris and the late Joseph Oldof Pierre. The most exciting new artists to emerge are Myrlande Constant and the painter-turned-flag-artist Wagler Vital.
Indigo Arts Cards publishes a large selection of art cards (notecards and postcards) of Haitian paintings and vodou banners.
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A Magic Reality : Prints & Collages
from Oaxaca, Mexico
Long renowned as a center for folk art production, the mountainous southern Mexico state of Oaxaca has a growing reputation for the fine arts as well. Birthplace of the late master Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca has also produced such leading Mexican artists as Francisco Toledo, Rodolfo Nieto and Rodolfo Morales. But it is the vitality of the younger generation of Oaxaca artists, such as Enrique Flores, Leovigildo Martinez, Fernando Olivera, Carlomagno Pedro and Cecilio Sanchez that has led critics to identify a distinct Oaxaca School of Mexican art. Oaxacan art draws its strength from native Indian culture, myths and legends. It is suffused with "magic realism" a folk surrealism in which people fly and mysterious juxtapositions are the norm.
Indigo Arts has exhibited the fine arts of Oaxaca for over fifteen years, and has hosted solo shows for Fernando Olivera and the late master Rodolfo Morales. Our inventory generally includes collages, paintings, aquatints, serigraphs, lithographs and woodcuts by Morales, Flores, Martinez, Olivera, Carlomagno and others.
Click here to see more work by these artists.
Indigo Arts Cards is this country's leading publisher of art cards (notecards and postcards) of the work of the contemporary artists of Oaxaca.
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Dance Masks from Mexico and Guatemala
Indigo Arts offers a collection of fine antique and contemporary dance masks from Mexico and Guatemala. Drawing on roots in both pre-Columbian Meso-America and Europe, las mascaras have long been used in the celebration of the popular holidays of Carnival, Christmas and the Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead), as well as such specific festival dances as the Dance of the Tigers, the Dance of the Conquest, the Dance of the Tejorones, and the Dance of the Moors and the Christians.
Our collection includes masks by artists from Guatemala and the Mexican states of Michoacan, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Morelos and the prolific mask-making state of Guererro.
Click here to see more of our masks.
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The Arts of Africa
In exhibiting the diverse arts of Africa, Indigo Arts Gallery draws on more than forty years of involvement with Africa. Our inventory includes a variety of traditional African arts, including masks, sculpture and furniture from west and central Africa, ceramics from the Nupe of Nigeria, basketry and beadwork from the Zulu and Ndebele of South Africa, Shoowa raffia-cloth textiles from the Kuba of the Congo, and strip-woven kente fabrics of the Ashanti of Ghana and ashoke cloth from the Yoruba of Nigeria. Also featured are such contemporary folk arts as barber signs and reverse-paintings on glass from artists in Senegal.
Indigo Arts is also honored to exhibit work by some of Nigeria's leading contemporary artists of the last thirty years , including paintings by the flamboyant artist and musician, Twins Seven-Seven (born c.1945), and aluminum reliefs by the late master, Asiru Olatunde (b. 1922) and his family.
Many pieces from Indigo Arts are featured in the book The Spirit of African Design, by Sharne Algotsson and Denys Davis, and the new book, African Style: Down to the Details, by Sharne Algottson.
Click here to see a selection of our African art.
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Bon Coiffeur : Barber Signs from West Africa
Indigo Arts presents a collection of painted signboards from barber shops and hair-dressers in Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and Kenya. Brightly painted in commercial housepaints on plywood or masonite, these signs are a colorful, humorous, and sometimes outrageous contemporary African folk art. They reflect both the ancient African tradition of hairbraiding and hair-cutting and the cultural clash of imported (usually American) influences.
Click here to see our collection of African Barber and Hairdresser's signs.
Indigo Arts Cards publishes a collection of postcards and notecards of African barber signs.
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Asian Paintings, Masks and Sculpture
Indigo Arts exhibits a wide range of one of a kind antique artworks from Asia. Our mask collection includes vintage dance masks from Bali, Java and Timor in Indonesia, and shaman's masks and Hindu festival masks from Nepal. Our inventory also includes Wayang Kulit shadow puppets and Wayang Golek wood puppets from Java, and religious sculptures from Bali, Thailand, Burma, China and India. Our textile collection includes ikats and batiks from Indonesia, silk saris from India, silk sarongs from Thailand and Cambodia. The most recent addition is a collection of Folk Paintings from India.
Click here to see a selection of our Asian art.
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Cuba Gallery
Indigo Arts presents the work of a wide range of Cuban self-taught and trained artists, including Osvaldo Castillo, Fito (Adolfo Flores Gonzalez) , Arnaldo Garcia Rodriguez, Reina Ledon, Abel Perez Mainegra, Ruperto Jay Matamoros, Manuel Mendive, Mario Mesa, José Garcia Montebravo, Pelly (Pedro Blanco Aroche), Rivera, Luis Ricardo Rodriguez, Luis Joaquin Rodriguez Arias, Jorge Sanfiel, and Wayacon (Julian Espinosa).
Click here to see more work by these artists.
Indigo Arts Cards publishes a selection of art postcards of Cuban paintings.
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Art from Belize
We went to Belize to seek out Benjamin Nicholas, one of Belize's leading artists and one-man chronicler of the history and culture of the Afro-Caribbean Garifuna Indians. The paintings which surround Mr. Nicholas in his small house on the Caribbean shore depict both the events of Garifuna history and the ceremonies and activities of their lives - from fishing and farming to Punta dance parties, Dugu healing ceremonies .
In Belize City we discovered the pantings of Michael Gordon, a self-taught street artist, who was until recently homeless. Working with found materials - cardboard, cloth and even broken glass - Gordon portrays the landscape of his daily life, his memory and his imagination.
Click here to see work by these artists.
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O Pegador de Onca
José Francisco Borges
(Brazil)
Milagre ex-voto foot
Unknown artist
(Ceará, Brazil)
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José Francisco Borges &
Folk Art from Brazil's Northeast
Living in the village of Bezerros, Pernambuco state, in Northeastern Brazil, Borges is Brazil's best-known folk artist working in the wood-cut medium, and his work has been exhibited all over the world. We offer a selection of Borges' humorous and fanciful wood-cut prints, as well as prints by members of his family and other Brazilian print-makers.
We were fortunate to acquire a significant collection of hand-carved wooden milagre (miracle) ex-votos from the states of Ceará and Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil. Don't miss this unusual folk art!
Click here for the Brazilian Folk Art Gallery.
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Yina Figure
(Papua New Guinea)
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Vermont Artist
Timothy Fisher
Northern Vermont sculptor, illustrator and collagist Timothy Fisher presents a selection of his whimsical and fantastic mixed media collages.
Click here for the Timothy Fisher Gallery.
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Primitivista Paintings from Nicaragua
Indigo Arts presents paintings by self-taught artists from the community of Sutiava, in Léon, Nicaragua. This collection includes work by noted artists Alejandro Benito Cabrera, Victor Santiago Crespin, José Ignacio Fletes Cruz and Rosa Delia Lopez Garcia.
Click here to see more work by these artists.
Indigo Arts Cards publishes a selection of art postcards of Nicaraguan paintings.
Most of the pieces shown on our site are available for purchase (Click on the image or caption and you will find price and other information on the blow-up). To order items you find on our site, or to see photographs of these and more works, please click the Contact/Visit Us icon above, email us directly at indigofamily@indigoarts.com or call our toll-free phone number at 1-888-INDIART
We are happy to accept Mastercard, Visa, Discover and American Express cards.
New Listings
We have added a chronological listing of our new postings to the site, in all categories - paintings, sculpture, masks, jewelry, baskets, textiles etc., - as we add them.
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151 North 3rd Street • Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 922-4041 • Toll Free: (888) INDIART • Fax: (215) 922-0895
E-Mail: indigofamily@indigoarts.com
All photographs and text Copyright Indigo Arts Gallery, LLC., 1998-2008. Use without permission prohibited.
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