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Cover of Smithsonian magazine (September 2010)
Article: The Art of Resilience, by Bill Brubaker.
Painting by Frantz Zephirin.
Before the Earthquake. Grand Rue artist Jimmy Romain with some of his paintings. November, 2009
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
( Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 2009).
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Haitian Art after the Earthquake
Recent articles in the Smithsonian Magazine -
The Art of Resilience
(by Bill Brubaker - September 2010),
the Wall Street Journal -
The New Realities of Haitian Painting
(by Miriam Jordan - March 27, 2010)
and the New York Times -
Out of Ruin, Haiti’s Visionaries
(by Holland Cotter - March 13, 2010)
The Smithsonian article describes the effect of the earthquake on Haiti's cultural resources, including the destruction of the Centre d'Art, the Musée Nader, and the Cathedral Sainte Trinité, as well as the restoration efforts by conservators from the Smithsonian Institution. It also looks at the plight of Haiti's artists, including profiles of Prefete Duffaut, Frantz Zephirin, Nacius Joseph and others. The painting on the cover is by Frantz Zephirin.
The Wall Street Journal article focuses on the carnival mask-makers and painters of Jacmel, particularly Onel Bazelais, and the children of the Art Creation Foundation for Children. The article cites Indigo Arts Gallery, as well as the Hector Hyppolite retrospective, recently at the Ramapo College Art Gallery.
The New York Times article describes the raw, vodou-infused art of the Gran Rue artists, the Atis Resistans, such as André Eugène, Jean Hérard Celeur and Guyodo, as well as painter Frantz Zephirin, mask-maker Didier Civil and flag-maker Myrlande Constant.
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New Books about African Art
Indigo Arts has just received two new books on a favorite kind of African art - the art of the sign-painter. African Signs by a graphic designer and curator in the Netherlands, features not just hair-dressing and barbershop signs but signs which promote or address food, fashion, transport, health and sexual dysfunction. It includes a number of photographs by Indigo Arts director Tony Fisher. Joe's Hair That Talks: The Vibrant Sign Culture of Ghana is a very entertaining look at that country's sign art, put together by volunteers for Women in Progress, an NGO started by former Peace Corps volunteers.
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Prince Twins Seven-Seven
His Art, His Life in Nigeria, His Exile in America
by Henry Glassie
Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana, 2010
478 pages
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Prince Twins Seven-Seven
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Dancing Ghede.
Georges Valris - Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2009.
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Jwaye Ghede!
¡Feliz Dias de los Muertos!
Happy Halloween and the
Days of the Dead!
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Photograph by Phyllis Galembo
Learn more about the tent project and how donations will help:
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Photographers
Helping Haiti
A silent auction benefit for Haitian Earthquake Relief took place at Indigo Arts Gallery in Philadelphia to coincide with the Society for Photographic Education conference, on Friday, March 5, 2010, from 6 to 9pm.
Noted photographer Phyllis Galembo enlisted the help of many of her colleagues in mounting this exhibition and silent auction of photographs taken in Haiti.
The list of photographers participating included:
Andrea Baldeck, Bill Bollendorf, Christian Cravo, Anthony Fisher, James Fischetti, Phyllis Galembo, Leah Gordon, Joanne Leonard, Benjamin Lowy, Daniel Morel, James Nachtwey, Stuart Rome, Maggie Steber and Lynne Warberg. Thank you to all who participated!
This was a rare opportunity to see and purchase original artworks by a group of distinguished photographers while helping to house survivors of the Haitian earthquake.
100% of the proceeds raised were donated to Partners in Health to provide needed tents for artists who have been left homeless by the devastating earthquake. If you missed the auction you may donate by going directly to their website.
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Mujer con Pez
Javier Gonzalez Gallosa (Cuba), 2003
(Cover art for Timba Talmud by Roberto Rodriguez).
En la Loma Van a Dar Telefonos (detail)
Javier Gonzalez Gallosa (Cuba), 2006
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Cuban Artist Gallosa Featured on CD
Roberto Rodriguez CD Release Party at 92nd St. Y - Tribeca branch, in New York on June 20th, 2009
Cienfuegos, Cuba artist Javier Gonzalez Gallosa's painting Mujer con Pez was chosen for the cover of the new album Timba Talmud, by the Sexteto Rodriguez, lead by Roberto Juan Rodriguez, on John Zorn's Tzadik label.
Born in 1975, Javier Gonzalez Gallosa is a self-taught artist who has exhibited his work since 2000. He has had several solo exhibitions in his home city of Cienfuegos, Cuba. He has participated in group shows in Spain, France and the United States as well as in Cuba. His work has been featured in several shows at Indigo Arts Gallery, including the recent, Visiones 2: New Art from Cuba. Some of his work is still on view at Indigo Arts Gallery, and will be exhibited at the Timba Talmud CD Release Party and Cuban Jewish Music Library Benefit in New York on Saturday, June 20th.
Press Release below:
Multi-Media Cuban-Jewish Blowout Bash
New York, NY - June 20, 2009 - An evening filled with music, dance, video, and art will be held at the 92Y Tribeca (200 Hudson Street) in celebration of Cuban Jewish life. Doors open at 7 PM, show time at 8 PM on Saturday, June 20th. Tickets are $15 in advance/$18 at the door.
For tickets: http://www.92y.org/92yTribeca/
Sexteto Rodriguez and Tzadik Records release their new album, Timba Talmud, and will set the night with their Havana-inspired, contagious Latin Klezmer sound. Composer/percussionist Roberto Rodriguez's imaginative Cuban-Jewish fusion is some of the most charming and popular music on Tzadik. Continuing his creative reading of imaginary music from Havana's Jewish community, Roberto draws upon several traditions in Timba Talmud, his best CD yet. Performed by a tight band of musical all-stars, Son Monuno and Guaracha meet the Jewish tradition in this beautiful and sensitive collection of Latin Klezmer.
Receiving international accolades for their collaboration of original Ladino-themed, Cuban-inspired music, the evening will also feature Rodriguez and Ladino singer, Sarah Aroeste (http://www.saraharoeste.com), premiering their original Cuban-Sephardic music project, with special guests.
Also featured will be a salsa presentation and dance party led by famed Franck Muhel (http://www.myelproductions.com/), art exhibit from acclaimed Cuban painter, Javier Gonzalez Gallosa, documentary film screenings, and other special Cuban Jewish surprises!
The night will be in support of the Cuban Jewish Music Library (CJML) project, a grassroots effort founded by Aroeste and Rodriguez to help build Jewish music libraries across Cuba. A portion of proceeds from the night will go towards the CJML initiative.
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Seneque Obin (Cap Haitian, Haiti) Jonathan Demme Collection
The Artist Contemplates Death in the Midst of Life
Wilson Bigaud (Haiti), Jonathan Demme Collection
Ogoun on His Charger
Hector Hyppolite, 1948.
Collection of James & Elizabeth Crowe.
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Two Haitian Art Events not to be Missed!
Haitian Art from the Collection of Jonathan Demme showing at FIAF in New York
Through his films, his public stands, and his philanthropy, director Jonathan Demme has long been one of the foremost American proponents for the people and culture of Haiti. He is also one of the leading collectors of Haitian art in recent years. This is a rare opportunity to see selections from this fine collection. Jonathan Demme Collection: Inspiration of Haitian Art is presented from May 7th to June 13th, 2009, at the French Institute/Alliance Francaise , 22 E. 60th St., in New York as part of the month-long World Nomads: Haiti festival:
"The FIAF Gallery presents a special exhibition of Haitian paintings from the personal collection of the parrain of this year’s World Nomads Haiti festival: Academy Award-winning American film director Jonathan Demme. Known for his films Silence of the Lambs and the recent Rachel Getting Married , Demme curates the exhibition featuring the works of ten Haitian artists. A long-time Haitian art enthusiast and avid collector, Demme has been a fervent advocate for Haiti through the years. He’s embraced Haiti both through his films and his collaborations with Haitian writers such as Edwidge Danticat and musicians such as RAM and Wyclef Jean."
"Though each of the self-taught artists showcased in the exhibition has a unique style of painting, their topic—the rich cultural landscape of daily life in Haiti—unites them, presenting a detailed and poignant portrait of their country."
You may read an article about this show, A Show of Demme's Treasured Art in the Philadelphia Inquirer (May 7, 2009).
Mystical Imagination: The Art of Haitian Master Hector Hyppolite at the Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C., May 18th to July 5th, 2009 presented by the Haitian Art Society and the Waterloo Center for the Arts.
"The Haitian government has declared 2008-2009 as the year of Hector Hyppolite.
In recognition of this momentous event, the Haitian Art Society (national and Washington DC chapters) and the Waterloo Center for the Arts are partnering to present a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Hyppolite to open at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC in May 2009.
The exhibition, which will remain on view into early July 2009, will include 50-100 works, will be accompanied by a full-color catalogue and is expected to tour to several other U.S venues. This project will not only honor Hyppolite as a great master artist of international importance, but will also serve to further interest in Haitian art as a whole. "
To coincide with the Hyppolite show, the Haitian Art Society held its annual Haitian Art Conference in Washington, DC (various locations) June 12th and 13th, 2009.
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Dream of Fish Collector
Prince Twins Seven-Seven
Acrylic, ink on fabric
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Twins Seven-Seven featured in Financial Times (UK) article, Art of Africa
Art of Africa
By Simon de Burton
Published: March 28 2009 01:07
Think Nigerian art and your mind probably turns to toy cars and trucks fashioned from old beer cans or, if you are more cerebral, to the rare terracotta artefacts of the Nok tribe that date back as much as 2,000 years. You might also think of high-profile artists such as YBA Chris Ofili or Turner Prize nominee Yinka Shonibare, both of whom were born in the UK but are of Nigerian descent.
Both have become internationally recognised, Ofili because of his part in the Sensation exhibition and events such as the controversial purchase by the Tate Gallery of his series of monkey paintings, and Shonibare for works such as his proposal for adorning the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square with a large, ship-in-a-bottle model of HMS Victory.
But now some new names appear to be coming to the fore as buyers look to Nigeria itself as a relatively untapped source of contemporary art. Last December, a painting entitled “Underwater Still Life” by the late Benedict Enwonwu surprised even the experts when it fetched £19,200 ($27,788) at Bonhams in London, close to 20 times the high pre-sale estimate. At the same sale another of Enwonwu’s works, this time a depiction of a crowded market scene, also soared more than five times above estimate to realise almost £7,000....
He is undoubtedly one of the leading names on the Nigerian contemporary scene, but there are several others in the ascendant – Muraina Oyelami (whose portraits currently fetch around £2,500), Jimoh Buraimoh and the unusually named Prince Twins Seven-Seven.
Born in 1944 in Ogidi Ikimu, Twins (as the artist prince is informally known) was one of the original students of the Oshogbo School which arose in the newly independent Nigeria of the early 1960s. Although examples of his work are in museums and private collections around the world, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, it can still be bought for relatively little money through dealers such as Philadelphia-based dealer Indigo Arts, which currently have several canvases on offer in the $1,200–$6,500 (£824–£4,464) range....
Click here for the full article.
Indigo Arts has exhibited the work of Seven-Seven since 1994. Many more works are shown in our Twins Seven-Seven Gallery.
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Camino Empedrado
Luis Joaquin Rodriguez Arias
Cuba
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A Second Look At Cuba
There was a nice article in the Philadelphia Bulletin about our exhibition, Visiones 2: New Art from Cuba and about Indigo Arts Gallery, "A Second Look at Cuba". |
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Hongera Barack Obama (Congatulations Barack Obama) khanga cloth
from Tanzania on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. News flash! Due to popular request we have just acquired some Obama cloth from Tanzania and are selling them iin red, turquoise or white.
Yes, we can! in Swahili. .
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January 20, 2009
As an American, and a "citizen of the world" who grew up in Africa, I wouldn't miss Barack Obama's inauguration for anything. We didn't have tickets, but by leaving Philadelphia by bus at 2 in the morning, and persevering through immense crowds, frigid weather and major logistical snafus, we were on the mall with the multitudes to watch the inauaguration on the Jumbotron. The communal euphoria was infectious, and we were grateful to be there. It felt like the Woodstock of the Obama generation - in which I am probably too old to count myself, but I didn't make it to Woodstock, so this would do. The Kenyans in the crowd were treated like rock-stars, eager to show their national pride and everyone eager to identify with them. A fleeting moment, I know, as world events will converge on the new presidency, but the most hope I've had in many years. (For a good travelogue and photos of the inauguration see the account of Sean Barlow and Banning Eyre of Afropop Worldwide).
Ndio, tunaweza!
¡Si se puede!
Celebrating Inauguration day, January 20, 2009, with the Kenyan and American flags. .
( Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 2009).
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Produccion de Etanol
Acrylic on canvas, 2007
José Garcia Montebravo
Cienfuegos, Cuba
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Second International Caribbean Art Fair
Indigo Arts Gallery was pleased to participate once again in the second International Caribbean Art Fair held at the Waterfront Building in Chelsea, New York, from November 6th through November 9th, 2008.
The International Caribbean Art Fair is an expo exclusively featuring artworks by Caribbean artists—either living in or outside of the Caribbean islands. It brings together more than 40 distinguished galleries and artists representing the best in Caribbean Art.
Indigo Arts exhibited work by Cuban and Haitian artists, including Evelyn Alcide, Javier Gonzalez Gallosa, José Garcia Montebravo, Antoine Oleyant, Pierre-Joseph Valcin, George Valris and others. Click here for more information about the ICA Fair.
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Flooding from Hurricane Gustav, near Jacmel, Haiti (photo courtesy of HaitiKONPAY).
Flooding from Hurricane Gustav, near Jacmel, Haiti (photo courtesy of HaitiKONPAY).
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Help for Haiti!
Over the last hurricane season three major storms hit Haiti in quick succession. As you may have heard, the situation in the country remains dire and the death count has exceeded 500. A number of organizations are working to assist the beleagured people of Haiti. One such efffort is the Emergency Hurricane Relief Fund set up by Konbit Pou Ayiti/HaitiKONPAY. Another is directed by the excellent Haitian-based self-help organization, Fonkoze. Their website is www.fonkoze.org. We will list more of them as they come to our attention.
Below we include part of the report we received from HaitiKONPAY, which is located near Jacmel, in the south of the country:
The first storm, Hurricane Gustav, made ground in the Jacmel area as a category 2. Plantain fields were flattened, garden plots flooded, and many homes were destroyed. The official report for our immediate region (Jacmel and its environs) is: 34 dead, 1 disappearance, 17 wounded, 8975 damaged homes out which 2697 destroyed, with 978 families in temporary shelter.
The second major storm was Hanna, which hovered over Haiti for more than twenty-four hours. Flood surges of sixteen feet was reported in Gonaives, and rain created flooding and mudslides in already saturated areas.
The third storm, Hurricane Ike, passed mainly to the north of Haiti, sparing the country in terms of its reported 135 mile per hours winds. However, Ike dropped enough rain on the northern part of the country to force the Haitian government to open a dam and flood the critical rice-producing Artibonite Valley region.
You may go to HaitiKONPAY's website to see what they do. Please consider donating to their Emergency Hurricane Relief Fund.
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Oñí pa´ Ochún
Acrylic on canvas
Javier Gonzalez Gallosa
Cienfuegos, Cuba
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The International Caribbean Art Fair
Indigo Arts Gallery was pleased to participate in the first International Caribbean Art Fair held at the Puck Building in SoHo, New York, from November 1st through November 4th, 2007.
The International Caribbean Art Fair is a first-of-its-kind expo exclusively featuring artworks by Caribbean artists—either living in or outside of the Caribbean islands. It brought together more than 40 distinguished galleries and artists representing the best in Caribbean Art.
Indigo Arts exhibited work by Cuban and Haitian artists, including Javier Gonzalez Gallosa, José Garcia Montebravo, Pierre-Joseph Valcin, George Valris and others. Click here for more information about the ICA Fair.
In November 2008 Indigo Arts will be participating in the second annual International Caribbean Art Fair. Stay tuned for news on this event!
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¡News!
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"La Sirene"
Haitian Vodou flag by Myrlande Constant
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Vodou Flag Trunk Sale!
Direct from the Finest Sequin Artists in Haiti.
Presented with Nancy Josephson – Artist, musician, student of Haitian Vodou, and author of the upcoming book on Vodou Flags
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. Vodou is a syncretism of the traditional African religions brought to Haiti by slaves, with the Catholicism of their former masters. 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 18,000 to 20,000 sequins and may take ten days to complete.
Among the more traditional practitioners of the art are Sylva Joseph, Clotaire Bazile, and Yves Telemac. Other important sequin artists include Maxon Scylla, George Valris and Myrlande Constant.
Nancy Josephson brought work by these and other current sequin artists to Indigo Arts for a two day sale on November 19th and 20th, 2005. Nancy is a woman of diverse talents. Widely known as a visionary artist, her installation pieces were featured in the recent exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Holy H2O: Fluid Universe. Both as an artist and as a student of vodou, she has worked and studied with Haiti’s best sequin artists. She is currently completing a book on vodou flags for Schiffer Press. You may also have heard her as a member of the David Bromberg Band and most recently, the Angel Band.
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Chickens made from recycled plastic bags
South Africa
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Bags, Bottle Caps and Tin Cans
Our recycled products were featured in the March 2005 issue of Sky magazine. The article, Bags, Bottle Caps and Tin Cans: Craftspeople from Around the World Create from Recycled Materials tells the story of our long fascination with people's resourceful use of discarded materials:
Philadelphia gallery owner Tony Fisher grew up in Africa. Traveling the continent, his family would often see children playing with homemade toys—creations like cars of scrap wood with shoe-polish cans for wheels, or dolls sewn from shreds of fabric. In homes, he saw kerosene lanterns made from repurposed cooking-oil cans and storage containers made from pieced metal.
This Third World ingenuity still operates today, but what Fisher first saw done to supply things for the home is now also done as marketable folk art. American and European collectors are going to Indigo Arts Gallery, the store Fisher and Devi Cholet launched in 1986, as well as to museum stores and other specialty shops, to buy baskets, home décor, tote bags and toys—all made from surplus or recycled materials.
Click here for the Recycled Art and Toy Bazaar.
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Special Event!
Affordable Art Soirée at the Allentown Art Museum
Indigo Arts participated in the Affordable Art Soirée at the Allentown Art Museum on Thursday, October 26th, 2006, from 7 to 9pm.
The second annual Affordable Art Soirée was a wonderful evening of fun, fine food, wine, conversation, and affordable art. Nine regional artists and six dealers presented original works of art for sale
For more information about the Lehigh Valley’s unique new social event, or to receive an invitation, e-mail deni@allentownartmuseum.org or call 610-432-4333, ext. 52.
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Twins Seven-Seven opens African Visions at Indigo Arts Gallery
on November 5th, 2004
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Twins Seven-Seven Named
UNESCO Artist of Peace!
Indigo Arts wishes to congratulate Nigerian-born Philadelphia artist Prince Twins Seven-Seven on his naming as UNESCO Artist for Peace for 2005. The award was presented by the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura at a ceremony in Paris on May 25th, 2005. The ceremony was attended by His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairperson of the African Union. 2004 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya also received a UNESCO award at the ceremony.
In making the award, the Director-General said:
"Your outstanding career as a painter, teacher and musician and your contribution to the promotion of dialogue between cultures through artistic development have been widely and internationally recognized. Indeed your manifold artistic initiatives resonate with many of UNESCO's objectives and values. It is therefore with great pleasure that I have decided to designate you as UNESCO Artist for Peace.
Your ability to shape new artistic paradigms and your capacity to move beyond conventional norms of proportion and perspective have been hallmarks of your genuine artistic approach leading to understanding, appreciation and tolerance among peoples. Your work underlines the notion that diversity is an asset."
Prince Twins Seven-Seven was one of the original artists of the famed Oshogbo School (named for the city of that name), which arose in the newly independent Nigeria of the early 1960’s. Seven-Seven rapidly achieved international fame, with major exhibitions in Europe, Japan and Australia as well as the United States. His work is now in museum and private collections around the world, including the Smithsonian Institution.
Indigo Arts Gallery has shown the work of Twins Seven-Seven since 1994, most recently in our African Visions show. One of Twins Seven-Seven’s paintings was featured in the Philadelphia Museum of Art show, African Art, African Voices, He is also a very talented musician, as he and his band (consisting of his wife and five children) demonstrated with a thrilling concert at Indigo Arts on November 5th 2004.
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Amy Kahn Russell at Indigo Arts Gallery
on May 7th to 9th, 2004
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Amy Kahn Russell Jewelry Weekend at Indigo
On the weekend of May 7th to 9th, 2004 we featured the jewelry if our most popular designer, Amy Kahn Russell at Indigo Arts. Starting on the evening of First Friday, (May 7th, 3 to 10pm) and through the weekend we will feature an unusually large selection of Amy's exquisite designs. Don't miss it!
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Ignacio Fletes Cruz instructs a visitor to Indigo Arts Gallery on March 6th, 2004
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Ignacio Fletes Cruz at Indigo Arts
On March 5th and 6th, 2004 Nicaraguan Primitivista artist, Ignacio Fletes Cruz visited Indigo Arts. Fletes Cruz was on hand for the opening reception at Indigo Arts Gallery on First Friday, March 5th, from 5 to 9pm and a painting workshop on Saturday afternoon, March 6th (2-6pm). The work is on display at the gallery through May 2nd, and can already be seen on the website. In addition to the show in Philadelphia, Ignacio has been commissioned to paint two murals in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary and at Gettysburg High School..
An interview about Ignacio Fletes Cruz and this exhibition with Indigo Arts Gallery co-owner Tony Fisher aired in the Philadelphia area on the program Puerto Rican Panorama on April 4th and 5th, 2004. It aired on ABC affiliate Channel 6 (WPVI) at 6:00 AM on Sunday April 4th, and at about 3:20 AM on Monday, April 5th. No. its not exactly prime time.
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Havana, November, 2003
Abelito Mainegra with George Bush
Trindad, Cuba. November, 2003 |
Cuba 2003
In November, 2003, as the deadline approached for the expiration of nearly all licenses for Americans to travel there legally (see below), Tony made a trip to Cuba. The Havana Biennial, an immense exhibition of international contemporary art was in full swing. More than ever, it was an experience both gratifying and as it turned out, deeply disturbing.
Tony was generously received by artists and people of the arts, both old friends and new, in Havana, Cienfuegos and Trinidad, including José Basulto, Javier Gallosa, Alicia Leal, Abelito Mainegra, José Montebravo, Omar Castellanos, Jorgé Sanfiel, Elio Vilva and Wayacon. The artists of Cuba continue to produce extraordinary work. Unfortunately new barriers to free travel and artistic exchange are being raised on both sides. We hope to be able to return, and to continue to share tthe art of Cuba with the United States and beyond.
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Alejandro Benito Cabrera of Leon, Nicaragua
visits Indigo Arts on Oct. 9, 2003
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Alejandro Benito Cabrera at Indigo Arts
On October 9, 2003 we were pleased to have a visit from Nicaraguan Primitivista artist, Alejandro Benito Cabrera at Indigo Arts. Fresh from artist's residencies and exhibitions at both Cornell University and the University of Pittsburgh, Alejandro stopped at Indigo to show us some of his vibrant new paintings. He was accompanied by Larry Knutson, director of Americas' Gallery, in Gettysburg, PA. After a visit to Gettysburg, Cabrera returns to his hom and studio in Sutiava, Leon, Nicaragua. We will be putting more of his new work on the website in the coming weeks.
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Indigo Arts at the Pittsburgh Folk Art Show and Sale!
Friday, December 6 through Sunday, December 8, 2002
Indigo Arts joined with the Gettysburg, PA gallery Americas' Arts in exhibiting at the Pittsburgh Folk Art Show and Sale. We showed a variety of Cuban, Haitian and other eclectic work alongside some 20 other fine folk and outsider art dealers at the John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. The event featured the exhibition Contemporary Folk Art - Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and a folk art symposium featuring many noted speakers, including Brooke Anderson (The American Folk Art Museum, NY), Rebecca Hoffberger (American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore), Lee Kogan (American Folk Art Museum, NY) and Tom Patterson (the Nerve Museum, Winston-Salem, NC).
For more details, call 412-454-6430 or visit www.pghhistory.com,
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Roberto Torres Lameda (right) discusses his work at Indigo Arts on First Friday, Oct. 4, 2002
Luis "El Estudiante"Rodriguez at Indigo Arts
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Roberto Torres Lameda and Luis Rodriguez at Indigo Arts
It was disconcertingly close to the wire, but artists Roberto Torres Lameda and Luis "El Estudiante" Rodriguez, received their visas in time and were on hand for the October 4th, 2002 opening of Por un Mundo Mejor/For a Better World (see Exhibitions, above). They brought with them fifty beautiful new paintings by themselves and four other artists from the Grupo Bayate, a collaborative of self-taught artists from the village of Mella, outside of Santiago de Cuba. If you missed the opening, you still have a chance to meet the artists at Joan Pearlman's gallery talk at Indigo Arts on Saturday, October 19th, at 5pm. For complete information on the show, and a selection of the paintings, click here. We have put nearly all the paintings onto the website. You can see them in our Cuba Gallery.
You can read about Luis, Roberto and El Festival Cubano in a October 14, 2002 article, Cuban Art is Preparing the Stage for Life after the Embargo in the Dallas Morning News.
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José Garcia Montebravo with
La Infanta de Philadelphia at Indigo Arts
Philadelphia, Pa, July 17, 2002
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José Garcia Montebravo at Indigo Arts!
We were privileged to host one of Cuba's leading self-taught artists, José Garcia Montebravo, on his visit to Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 17th, 2002. Montebravo spent the entire day with us at Indigo, even painting a beautiful new work while he was here - an acrylic painting of an infanta (princess) in a red dress which he christened La Infanta de Philadelphia. For more pictures of his visit click here.
In honor of his visit, Indigo Arts showed a new selection of Montebravo's paintings and drawings. Montebravo's work has been a prominent feature (and without a doubt the best seller) of our three annual group shows of self-taught artists from Cuba. We will be adding some of the new Montebravo works to our web gallery over the upcoming weeks.
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Giant puppet -Street Parade.
Oaxaca, Mexico, March, 2002
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Oaxaca 2002
Indigo's most recent destination was Oaxaca, Mexico, where Tony sought out old friends, such as painters Fernando Olivera , Felipe Morales, Eddie Martinez and Enrique Flores and sculptors Jose Hernandez and Josefina Aguilar. But he also met with new (to Indigo) artists such as the Japanese-born Oaxaca painter and print-maker, Shinzaburo Takeda.
Tony also visited the village of Ocotlan to pay respects to the late master, Rodolfo Morales. He toured Morales' house, now a community cultural center, and the church and monastery, now a museum, both exquisitely renovated by the Rodolfo Morales Foundation in the years before his death.
Keep checking back here for new work on the website and the show of New Art from Oaxaca, which opened June 7, 2002.
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Painter Abel Perez Mainegra
with his grand-daughter.
Trinidad, Cuba, August, 2001
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Cuba 2001
In August 2001 Tony returned to Cuba to meet new (to us) artists, revisit old friends, and bring back a new collection of fabulous paintings, prints and sculpture by Basulto, Castillo, Fito, Ledon, Mainegra, Montebravo, Pelly, Sanfiel, Wayacon and others - just in time to exhibit in our October show, Cuban Self-Taught, part of the city-wide El Festival Cubano celebration. For more informations see Exhibitions above, and to see the work our Cuba Gallery section.
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Costa Rica
In Spring 2001 Devi went to Costa Rica, where she worked building houses with another team from Habitat for Humanity.
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The Cats of Isla Mujeres.
Mexico, January, 2001
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Mexico
In January 2001 Tony travelled on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. He brought back a new collection of Mexican dance masks, selections of which can be seen in the Dance Masks of Mexico and Guatemala section of our Gallery.
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"Shango"
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¡Cuba Vive!
In February 2000 Tony travelled to Cuba in search of sun, music and last but not least, art to exhibit at Indigo Arts. He found all three in abundance, plus a very generous and hospitable people. Click here for more of his Notes from Cuba. Click on our Cuba Gallery section to see the art he brought back.
Honduras
In April 1999 Devi travelled to Hurricane-devastated Honduras, where she worked building houses with a group of volunteers from Habitat for Humanity. Click here for her report.
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Phone: (215) 765-1041 • Toll Free: (888) INDIART • Fax: (215) 765-1042
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