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H A I T I A N S P I R I T
Georges Valris
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Georges Valris was born in1953, in Cavaillon, Haiti. Valris had worked as a basket-maker, in a clothing factory and as a stevedore on a cruise ship before a friend showed him the technique of sewing sequins used in vodou flags. He sold his first flag to Galerie Marassa in Port-au-Prince, and went on to successfully market his flags to galleries, collectors and tourists.
Unlike most traditional vodou flag artists, Valris is not a houngan (priest) and, as a devout Catholic, does not in fact profess to be a devotee of vodou. While he does not see any problem with depicting the traditional vodou deities in his flags, he also designs flags of angels, saints and other strictly Christian imagery. He has also been sought out by other established international artists such as Tina Girouard, Alison Sayre, Nancy Josephson and Eduard Duval-Carrie to do collaborative works.
Valris’ work has been exhibited at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, and the International Folk Art Market at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, among other institutions. His work is published in Sequin Artists of Haiti (Girouard, 1994), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou (Cosentino, 1995), and Spirits in Sequins (Josephson,2007).
(Above biography heavily indebted to Nancy Josephson’s Spirits in Sequins).
Georges Valris - Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1995 (photograph by AH Fisher)
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Georges Valris - Port-au-Prince, Haiti, c.2003 (photograph by Marilyn Houlberg. Reproduced with permission)
Georges Valris in Santa Fe, NM, 2007 (photograph by AH Fisher)
Georges Valris and Serge Jolimeau in Santa Fe, NM, 2007 (photograph by AH Fisher)
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Angel Vodou Banner
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (35 x 24), c.2001
For sale for the benefit of Haitian Artists' Relief Fund!
$550 |
Angel Vodou Banner
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (30 x 23 1/2), 1995
$600 |
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La Sirene Vodou Banner
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (24 x 21), 1996
$325 |
Angel Vodou Banner
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (21 x 17), 1996
SOLD 3/10 |
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Deux Marassa Vodou Banner (#GV/D0602)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (35 x 25), c.2006
$650 |
La Sirene Vodou Banner (#GV/D0603)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (38 1/2 x 27 ), c.2006
$700 |
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La Croix Vodou Banner (#GV/D0604)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (38 x 27 ), c.2006
For sale for the benefit of Haitian artists' Relief!
$750 |
L'Ange Vodou Banner (#GV/D0701)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (35 x 24 ), c.2006
$650 |
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Erzulie Dantor Vodou Banner (#GV/D0805)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (40 1/2 x 34), c.2008
$900 |
Touts les Saints Vodou Banner (#GV/D0908)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (41 x 34), c.2009
For sale for the benefit of Haitian Artists' Relief Fund!
$750
SOLD 1/2010 |
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Erzulie and Dambala Vodou Banner (#GV/D0907)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (20 x 17)
c.2009
For sale for the benefit of Haitian Artists' Relief Fund!
$125
SOLD 1/2010 |
Papa Loko Vodou Banner (#GV/D0909)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (41 x 33 1/2), c.2009
$775 |
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