Decolonizing Refinement
Contemporary Pursuits in the Art of Edouard Duval-Carri茅
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Opening Lecture: Edouard Duval-Carri茅, 听6:30pm, Thursday, November 8, 2018
Opening Reception:听7:30pm, Thursday, November 8, 2018
Schmidt Center Gallery:听November 9, 2018听鈥撎鼺ebruary 2, 2019
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Edouard Duval-Carri茅鈥檚 work navigates the historically rich and culturally complex traditions that comprise a uniquely Caribbean perspective. Duval-Carri茅鈥檚 recent works attend to themes of water, travel, and Francophone culture. For him, water becomes both a symbolic passage and a barrier 鈥 the means by which enslaved Africans were brought to the Caribbean and modern-day Haitians migrate to the United States. Both circumstances have been driven by capitalism, a force that occupies Duval-Carri茅鈥檚 work materially and iconographically.
For 鈥淒ecolonizing Refinement,鈥 originally presented last spring at the Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University, Duval-Carri茅鈥檚 art is combined with historical artifacts related to Florida鈥檚 agricultural labor history. Khaulah Naima Nuruddin serves as curator for the 国产自拍 version of the exhibition. Nuruddin has selected artifacts in collaboration with Duval-Carri茅 that will be borrowed from Broward County鈥檚 African American Research Library and Cultural Center; the Florida Department of State, Bureau of Archaeological Research; the Delray Beach Historical Society; the S.D. Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, Delray Beach; and the Archaeology collection in 国产自拍鈥檚 Department of Anthropology. Nuruddin has also organized a concurrent sister exhibition of Duval-Carrie鈥檚 work and historical artifacts to be presented at the S.D. Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach.
In January 2019, 国产自拍鈥檚 new 鈥淪tudy of the America鈥檚 Initiative鈥 will complement the exhibition with a series of multi-disciplinary public programs that employ the 鈥淒ecolonizing Refinement exhibition as a point of departure to explore a variety of related social, political, and humanities themes.鈥 On Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 at 4 p.m., an 国产自拍 faculty panel will present 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Writings, The Economy and Social Justice in the Caribbean.鈥 On Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, an all-day symposium, 鈥淰isualizing Decolonization,鈥 will be presented in collaboration with the Boca Raton Museum of Art鈥檚 鈥淚magining Florida: History and Myth in the Sunshine State鈥 (Nov. 13 鈥 March 24, 2019). On Jan. 26 an all-day symposium at 国产自拍 will feature the Florida State University scholars who organized the FSU Museum of Fine Arts鈥 鈥淒ecolonizing Refinement鈥 exhibition and catalogue in conversation with scholars from 国产自拍 and other Florida institutions.
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