Religious Metal Decor, Veve Voodoo Papa Legba Handmade in Haiti, One-of-a-Kind Vintage Art 71x16in
$398.00
Legba is the gatekeeper to the spirit world, known as Vilokan. Rituals begin with a prayer to Legba to open those gates so that participants can gain access to the other lwas.
Artist Profile- John Sylvestre
Tender, sensuous, ethereal figures characterize the work of John Sylvestre. The forms of his mermaids and angels are almost otherworldly, serenely defying the cold, hard steel from which they are made.
Seemingly, inspiration is everywhere. Under the sea, in the heavens, in the forests and fields of rural Haiti, in the mythology of the ancients, and in the most fantastic reaches of the mind, there is nowhere too far to stretch. Nothing is off-limits.
Maybe it’s because he’s been at it so long. Since 1968, at the age of 11 when he first picked up a hammer in the workshop of Janvier Louisjuste, John Sylvestre has been pushing the boundries of creative expression. But curiously, despite training with Louisjuste and later with Serge Jolimeau, he doubted his ability. There was a time when he thought it would be wiser to “buy an old truck and be a tap-tap driver.” And not have those dancing, soaring, floating, sailing images in steel? That would have been a shame.
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