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Published : Tuesday 22 March 2022
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The Haitian capital at the intersections of history, music, politics, religion, magic, architecture, art and literature Published after a landmark 2018 exhibition at Pioneer Worksâ?"the first major survey of the astonishing artists of Haitiâ?Ts capital cityâ?"PA²toprens is at once a portrait of a place, a celebration of its arts and a visionary re-mapping of culture in the worldâ?Ts first Black republic. In this volume, Port-au-Prince's complex present is evoked through artworks, images, oral histories and essays. These contents are organized, as was the exhibition, around neighborhoods identified with particular subjects, materials and forms. Contextualized by leading writers on Caribbean culture, these artistsâ?T stories are situated within Port-au-Princeâ?Ts rich heritage of â?omajority class art.â?? As cities everywhere grow ever more critical to our changing global environment, this book articulates urban Haitiâ?Ts unbroken link with its revolutionary past.
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