Decolonizing Refinement
Contemporary Pursuits in the Art of Edouard Duval-Carri矇
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Opening Lecture: Edouard Duval-Carri矇, 泭6:30pm, Thursday, November 8, 2018
Opening Reception:泭7:30pm, Thursday, November 8, 2018
Schmidt Center Gallery:泭November 9, 2018泭泭February 2, 2019
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Edouard Duval-Carri矇s work navigates the historically rich and culturally complex traditions that comprise a uniquely Caribbean perspective. Duval-Carri矇s recent works attend to themes of water, travel, and Francophone culture. For him, water becomes both a symbolic passage and a barrier 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矇s work materially and iconographically.
For Decolonizing Refinement, originally presented last spring at the Museum of Fine Arts at 勛圖厙 State University, Duval-Carri矇s art is combined with historical artifacts related to 勛圖厙s agricultural labor history. Khaulah Naima Nuruddin serves as curator for the FAU version of the exhibition. Nuruddin has selected artifacts in collaboration with Duval-Carri矇 that will be borrowed from Broward Countys African American Research Library and Cultural Center; the 勛圖厙 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 FAUs Department of Anthropology. Nuruddin has also organized a concurrent sister exhibition of Duval-Carries work and historical artifacts to be presented at the S.D. Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach.
In January 2019, FAUs new Study of the Americas Initiative will complement the exhibition with a series of multi-disciplinary public programs that employ the Decolonizing Refinement exhibition as a point of departure to explore a variety of related social, political, and humanities themes. On Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 at 4 p.m., an FAU faculty panel will present Womens Writings, The Economy and Social Justice in the Caribbean. On Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, an all-day symposium, Visualizing Decolonization, will be presented in collaboration with the Boca Raton Museum of Arts Imagining 勛圖厙: History and Myth in the Sunshine State (Nov. 13 March 24, 2019). On Jan. 26 an all-day symposium at FAU will feature the 勛圖厙 State University scholars who organized the FSU Museum of Fine Arts Decolonizing Refinement exhibition and catalogue in conversation with scholars from FAU and other 勛圖厙 institutions.
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