Manuel Mathieu (Bilingual edition) (Hardcover)

Gaetane Verna

ISBN 10: 3775751378 / ISBN 13: 9783775751377

Published by Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2022

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Hardcover. Elucidating the multi-layered explorations of Haitian Canadian artist Manuel Mathieu, this first comprehensive publication focuses on how Haiti has informed Mathieu's work over the past few years. Reflecting on the complex revolutionary history of his family homeland by unearthing its traumatized subconscious, and the erasure of memories of the oppressive and violent Duvalier dictatorships, Mathieu's vibrant paintings blur the boundaries between the personal and the political. Merging abstraction with figuration, Mathieu abrades his work springing from found photographs by rubbing and scraping off layers of paint, before reintroducing impastoed snarls of color. Positioned at the fault lines of political and environmental crises, Mathieu considers Haiti's quest for self-determination as a prism reflecting a global longing for freedom, and grassroots resistance to imperialist and capitalist exploits. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manuel Mathieu (Bilingual edition) (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775751378
• ISBN 13: 9783775751377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Dynamic paintings of political trauma and Haitian history from a contemporary expressionist master

This volume elucidates the paintings of Haitian Canadian artist Manuel Mathieu (born 1986), which oscillate between figuration and abstraction in their excavations of history. The first comprehensive publication on the artist’s work, it focuses on how Haiti has informed the substantial oeuvre that Mathieu has produced over the past few years. Positioned at the fault lines of modern political and environmental crises, Haiti epitomizes a global longing for freedom and grassroots resistance to imperialist and capitalist exploits. Mathieu also became interested in the Duvalier dictatorships (his maternal grandfather was a colonel in Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s brutal regime, while members of his father’s family were executed by the same government). At the center of Manuel Mathieu: World Discovered under Other Skies is an examination of the ongoing repercussions of Haiti’s pioneering revolt against slavery and its quest for self-determination.