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    Carlo A. Célius, “Painting and Vodou in Haiti: Célestin Faustin Grapples with the Lwa”

    Historian and art historian Carlo A. Célius analyzes the close relationships between painting and Vodou in Haiti, focusing in particular on the work of Célestin Faustin (1948–1981). Faustin’s ties to Vodou are rooted in his family heritage: through his maternal grandmother, a manbo, Vodou dignitary, he was called upon to carry on the spiritual tradition of his lineage. However, the artist refused this accolade and questioned this sacred role. In confrontation with the lwa, he developed a pictorial body of work marked by a tragic register. Underlying this, Célius offers a critique of the essentialization of Haitian visual art when it is understood solely through its relationship with Vodou.

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