{"title":"Pierrot Barra (Haitian, 1942-1999)","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePierrot Barra was a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haitian_Vodou\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haitian_Vodou\"\u003eHaitian Vodou\u003c\/a\u003e artist and priest president of a Bizango society, born in Port-au-Prince (Bel-Air), Haiti, between 1937 to 1942. He passed away in 1999. He was well-known for using diverse materials to create \"Vodou Things,\" which functioned as charms or altars for the Vodou religion. Barra's work has been described as having an Antillean Aesthetic but also being postmodern. His art is not considered traditional (although it contains traditional Vodou elements, such as sequins), but it is easily recognizable by Vodou practitioners. Even within the ever-changing culture of Vodou and Vodou art, Barra's work has been called \"revolutionary.\" The symbols of the Bizango spirits, a sect of the Vodou \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elwa\u003c\/em\u003e (spirits) pantheon, are present in his art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Barra worked from the Iron Market of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port-au-Prince\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port-au-Prince\"\u003ePort-au-Prince\u003c\/a\u003e with his wife Marie Cassaise, making \"Vodou repositories from toys, fabric, glass, sequins, goats' horns, rosaries, costume jewelry, compact mirrors, Christmas ornaments, crucifixes, and other discarded materials.\" His Afro-Cuban dolls sold well, bought by locals to protect themselves. He often used discarded American toys and dolls as the basis of his works, embellishing them with \"charms, glitter, sequins, beads, and crosses that were originally intended for altars.\" Rubber baby dolls are the most notable aspect of his works. His works have been featured in shows in Port-au-Prince, New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco, and Madrid. The book \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise\u003c\/em\u003e by Donald J. Cosentino is entirely dedicated to his art. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e 1996 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSacred Arts of Haitian Vodou,\u003c\/em\u003e Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2012 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Extremis: Death and Life in 21st-Century Haitian Art,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fowler_Museum_at_UCLA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fowler_Museum_at_UCLA\"\u003eFowler Museum\u003c\/a\u003e, Los Angeles, California),\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2012 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKafou: Haiti, Art \u0026amp; Vodou\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nottingham_Contemporary\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nottingham_Contemporary\"\u003eNottingham Contemporary\u003c\/a\u003e, Nottingham, England\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waterloo_Center_for_the_Arts\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waterloo_Center_for_the_Arts\"\u003eWaterloo Center for the Arts\u003c\/a\u003e, Waterloo, Iowa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2014 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaiti: Two Centuries of Art and Creativity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Palais\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Palais\"\u003eGrand Palais\u003c\/a\u003e, Paris, France\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pierrot-barra-haitian-1947-1999-24x8x8-mixed-media-statues-1gn-ha","title":"Pierrot Barra (Haitian, 1947-1999) 24\"x8\"x8\" Mixed Media Sculpture - plastic dolls, sequins, beads, fabric, etc. #1GN-HA","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis a beautiful vibrant original \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMixed media sculpture - plastic dolls, sequins, beads, fabric, etc by \u003c\/span\u003ePierrot Barra who was a \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haitian_Vodou\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haitian_Vodou\"\u003eHaitian Vodou\u003c\/a\u003e artist and priest president of a Bizango society, born in Port-au-Prince (Bel-Air), Haiti, between 1937 to 1942. He passed away in 1999. He was well-known for using diverse materials to create \"Vodou Things,\" which functioned as charms or altars for the Vodou religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Barra's work has been described as having an Antillean Aesthetic but also being postmodern. His art is not considered traditional (although it contains traditional Vodou elements, such as sequins), but it is easily recognizable by Vodou practitioners. Even within the ever-changing culture of Vodou and Vodou art, Barra's work has been called \"revolutionary.\" The symbols of the Bizango spirits, a sect of the Vodou \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elwa\u003c\/em\u003e (spirits) pantheon, are present in his art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Barra worked from the Iron Market of \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port-au-Prince\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port-au-Prince\"\u003ePort-au-Prince\u003c\/a\u003e with his wife Marie Cassaise, making \"Vodou repositories from toys, fabric, glass, sequins, goats' horns, rosaries, costume jewelry, compact mirrors, Christmas ornaments, crucifixes, and other discarded materials.\" His Afro-Cuban dolls sold well, bought by locals to protect themselves. He often used discarded American toys and dolls as the basis of his works, embellishing them with \"charms, glitter, sequins, beads, and crosses that were originally intended for altars.\" Rubber baby dolls are the most notable aspect of his works. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHis works have been featured in shows in Port-au-Prince, New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco, and Madrid. The book \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVodou Things: The Art of Pierrot Barra and Marie Cassaise\u003c\/em\u003e by Donald J. Cosentino is entirely dedicated to his art. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e 1996 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSacred Arts of Haitian Vodou,\u003c\/em\u003e Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2012 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Extremis: Death and Life in 21st-Century Haitian Art,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fowler_Museum_at_UCLA\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fowler_Museum_at_UCLA\"\u003eFowler Museum\u003c\/a\u003e, Los Angeles, California),\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2012 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKafou: Haiti, Art \u0026amp; Vodou\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nottingham_Contemporary\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nottingham_Contemporary\"\u003eNottingham Contemporary\u003c\/a\u003e, Nottingham, England\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waterloo_Center_for_the_Arts\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waterloo_Center_for_the_Arts\"\u003eWaterloo Center for the Arts\u003c\/a\u003e, Waterloo, Iowa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2014 - \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaiti: Two Centuries of Art and Creativity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Palais\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Palais\"\u003eGrand Palais\u003c\/a\u003e, Paris, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierrot Barra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955926995187,"sku":"BARRA#1GN-HA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/9979\/9453\/products\/Barra_Pierrot_1GN8x8x24_12_500.jpg?v=1750362479"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/9979\/9453\/collections\/Barra_Pierrot_1GN_8x8x24_12_500.jpg?v=1657144904","url":"https:\/\/www.naderhaitianart.com\/en-kr\/collections\/pierrot-barra-haitian-1942-1999.oembed","provider":"Myriam Nader Haitian Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}