“Quete Des Origines” - Haitian painting by Philippe Dodard and framed by Frame Art, Miami

Vertical 41” x 38”

AfricaResource proudly presents one of Haiti's top contemporary artist, Philippe Dodard.

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1954, Philippe Dodard is a leading contemporary artist of the Caribbean and the African Diaspora. His artistic evolution was a series of steps, leading to major solo and international exhibitions including, Arte Americas (2008), the Venice Biennale (1999), Biennale of Latin American Drawings, Santo Domingo (1997), and the Biennale of Caribbean and Central America Art, Dominican Republic (1996). Dodard attained international prominence by rejecting the ‘primitive’, ‘naïve’ classification that dogged Haitian art. His paintings— Eternité de Mes Songes, Parole d’Ile (2005), Flûte Enchantée (1999), the Kosovo series, Femme aux Trois visages (1989), and Syncretism (1991)—are not any kind of works, states Michelle Frisch, Director of the Marassa Gallery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “They were like mnemonic devices . . . created at a moment of Philippe’s coming to term with the forces that texture the Caribbean ethos”. Dodard superbly blended Haitian, Caribbean and African iconographical elements to create deep complex forms. His recent choice of themes, Initiation, Consternation and Baron-Samedi reflects his transformation into “a human Poto-Mitan,” the channeling pole at the center of the Vodun temple through which the spiritual forces descend to the oumphor (temple).

**** All funds generated from this auction lot will be donated to Partners in Health Miami Community of Conern to the Haiti Relief efforts to help the victims of the January 12th earthquake.