Where Art is Joy by Seldon Rodman   $0
	This is the first definitive book ever to be published on the art of Haiti and the culmination of more than forty years of study by Selden Rodman. From its beginning in the mid-forties with the discovery of Hector Hyppolite and Philomé Obin, to its fourth flowering in 1987 with the painters of Saint-Soleil becoming dominant, Haitian art has been consistently surprising: a wonder of the world. In no other country has a school of self-taught painters and sculptors reigned supreme, renewing itself year after year. Not even in Africa have black artists created so many unforgettable images to haunt and revivify the tired iconography of the West. How to explain the paradox that an art of joy originated and sustains itself in the poorest nation of the Western Hemisphere? A blend of African and French cultures, inspired by both the vaudou and Christian religions, Haitian life has a unique quality, timeless yet electric. Close to nature, close to his family, close to his gods, the Haitian farmer still leads a life little influenced by the fashions and inventions of the twentieth century. Excerpts from the book jacket		To Purchase