Alter Retablo Frame, Desk Top, Handcrafted Haitian Folk Art, Religious Retablo, Upcycled Metal Decor 13" x 7" (interior cutout 4" x 6 1/2")
$44.00
Alter Retablo Frame, Wall Mount Handcrafted Haitian Folk Art, Religious Retablo, Upcycled Metal Decor 13" x 7" (interior cutout 4" x 6 1/2")
Artist- Brutal Michel
Michel Brutal, son of Cecile Casseus and Saint-Clearly Brutal, is the eldest in a family of ten children. He blesses the work that enables him to send his two younger brothers and his own daughter to school. Though he seems to carry his burdens with joy, he says frankly, “This trade is very important for me. My family was completely poor and is thanks to this trade that I manage to support on my shoulders the loads of my family in general.”
Beginning with “the business of irons cut out” in 1987, Michel is grateful for the teachings of others, but regrets never having had the opportunity to study directly under Serge Jolimeau and Gabriel Bon Amie. His admiration for their work is unmistakable, however, as the theme of La Sirene and the dimensionality of his bird figures attest.
Now running his own workshop, he takes his inspiration from, “Nature like trees and that by the sea, such as mermaids, the tortoise, fish, and so much other.” As did many of his countrymen, he felt acutely the horrors of the January 2010 earthquake that, “devastated our beloved Haiti.” But with a confounding graciousness in the face of staggering hardship, he recognizes the favors that he has received in his life and seeks to return them in kind.
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Sep 16, 2021
wow! this is the most beautiful frame-my sister will love it!
dana morgan