Manuel Mathieu (Bilingual edition)

Name: Manuel Mathieu (Bilingual edition)
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783775751377
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Manuel Mathieu (Bilingual edition) offers a deep dive into the vibrant and complex art of Haitian Canadian artist Manuel Mathieu. This comprehensive publication explores how Haiti's intricate revolutionary history and the trauma of its past dictatorships have profoundly shaped Mathieu's work. His paintings blur the lines between personal and political narratives, merging abstraction with figuration through innovative techniques such as layering and scraping paint. Mathieu uses his art to reflect Haiti's struggle for self-determination as a symbol of broader global desires for freedom and resistance.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in contemporary art, Haitian culture, and the intersections of political history and artistic expression. It is ideal for art students, cultural historians, and anyone intrigued by how personal and collective memory inform creative work.

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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 traumatised 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 colour.

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775751377

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 October 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 140 Illustrations

Contributors:

Text by Osei Bonsu
Designed by Irma Boom
Text by Joana Joachim
Text by Edwidge Danticat
Text by Manuel Mathieu
Text by Sylvie Lacerte
Edited by Gaëtane Verna
Text by Amin Alsaden
Text by Gaëtane Verna

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 880g

Pages: 120

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Montreal-based artist MANUEL MATHIEU (*1986, Port-au-Prince) graduated with a Master's degree in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2016. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at Kavi Gupta, Chicago (2021), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto (2020), and HDM Gallery, Beijing (2019).