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Haitian metal art gallery culture |
| Date Added: November 10, 2011 11:29:54 AM |
| Author: Gwen Smith |
| Category: Arts |
| "Haitian art is a familiar art which is wide spread all across the world. This particular art is evolved from Haitian culture in 1950 through a blacksmith Georges Liautaud. This art is covered with bright colours of scenes and patterns. The drawings provides the details of development, culture, arts of Haitian people. Haitian Metal Art is one among the typical art in this Haitian art. Metal cans which are utilized to store petrol or other products that are brought from capitol city in Port au Prince are generally used for the metal art. After that they are given to the nearest place of Croix-des-Bouquets with the help of a handcart or vehicle for the work area of artists in metal art. Croix-des-Bouquets are the main place of Haitian Metal Art. When we go there we can hear the sounds from the workshops of artists who are expressing their art in the metal drums. Some of the metal works are excellent compared to others. After getting the huge metal drum of 55 gallon weight, the workers first of all remove two round ends of the can and place it along with the dried bananas and sugar cane leaves which is kept inside the drum. Then it is place on fire to remove the residuals and paints. After taking from fire it is set to cool and then the worker will cut the drum from top to bottom. Then it is flattened to thin sheets. Then the worker will mark the art on the metal sheet using chalks. Then with the help of chisel, hammer and different other tools the design is made from it. By completing the art work they will sign on the artwork and finally it will be coated with protective material. Best labour is needed in this metal art and it will take more time to complete, thus there will be a uniqueness in every work. A complex painting from the Haitian arts will contain African, Catholic, Tribal, Voodoo cultures etc. Haitian art was discovered on the walls of caves by Taino Indians. One among the Haitian art gallery is Gallery en ciel. This gallery is the area where a lot of sculptures, paintings, other Haitian arts etc can be found. Gallerie en ciel offers the web browsing arrangements to explore many other astonishing Haitian arts. Gallerie en ciel is the popular one as it contain good collection of arts of Haitian that are of high standard when compared to other Haiti arts. From the Haitian group, some skilled one created the Haitian metal wall art on flattened oil metal cans. This wall art is the emblem of the Haitian culture which was carved out with most exotic and stunning look. Some arts are carved out in large designs and unpainted and some are bright colored paintings. Haitian Voodoo, a group of tribal people emerged out from Caribbean place of Haiti, was brought by African slaves in 16th century. These Voodoo tribal groups were discriminated because they didn't convert to the slaver's religion, Roman Catholicism from their Voodoo culture. Haitain Voodoo art based on Zombies, Satanism and so on, because the westerners had filled the mind of the tribe with horror novels and movies. The Haitian Voodoo art is put into negative culture by the western people as the stereotyping is very high. " |
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