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Teaching Gallery: Folklore in African Diaspora Literature

Gallery 319, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selections primarily drawn from the Hughes Haitian Art Collection to compliment a seminar on folklore in African diaspora literature.

Works of art

Renée Stout (born 1958); Zanatta Editions (1996–present); Maurice Sanchez (circa 1900s); Derriere L'Etoile Studios, Recurring Damballah Dream

Renée Stout (born 1958), untitled (Eyes of Legba)

Gary Lilley; Renée Stout (born 1958), Hoodoo You Love

Renée Stout (born 1958), Root Chart #1

Frantz Beauvoir, Erzuli as Piper

Edgar Brierre (born 1933), Three Angels with Black Jesus

Charles Ermistral (Thialy) (born 1937, active 1973–present), Christ Carrying the Cross

Charles Ermistral (Thialy) (born 1937, active 1973–present), Evil Spirits

Joel Delva, Christ's resurrection from a checkered tomb

Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse (1903–1988), Adam and Eve Driven from Paradise

Rigaud S. Benoît (1911–1986); Antonio Joseph (1921–2016, active 1944–2016), untitled

Jacksin Mesidor, Arche de Noé (Noah's Ark)

Jean Edy Morisset, Vodou Ceremony

Salnave Philippe-Auguste (1908–1989, active 1958–1989), Colère (Anger)

André Pierre (1914–2005, active 1940s–2004), Les Trois Esprits d'Nago (The Three Spirits of Nago)

Morantus, nativity scene with three wise men

Bernard Séjourné (1947–1994), Erzuline

Robert St. Brice (1893–1973, active 1949–1973), Erzuli and Evil Spirits

angel with a trumpet