Word: cauvin
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Cauvin says Haitians have a strange relationship with water, and her paintings allude to water’s symbolism—both life and death, an element of voodoo ceremonies and funerals...
...Although Cauvin claims that many Haitians cannot swim, their island is surrounded by water, reminiscient of their origins near the Congo. Water allows them to pass from continent to continent and from life to death...
...Droit de Passage,” or “Rite of Passage,” depicts society’s treatment of women, depicting a dark rape scene set in the water of a mangrove forest. According to Cauvin, women often “pay with their bodies...
...Although Cauvin is concerned with important historical and cultural issues, her attitude toward Haiti is nuanced and at times even tinged with humor...
When asked why the woman in the coffin and many of the people in her paintings have long, red fingernails, Cauvin giggles, “That’s what I see when I go back to Haiti...