Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Grande Brigitte and Baron Samedi
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Grande Brigitte and Baron Samedi
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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Gabriel Bien-Aimé (Haitian sculptor, born 1951)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 73.1998.27.6
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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1988 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Haitian
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Style Period:
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Caribbean; Haitian; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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sheet iron; rivets
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Technique:
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metalworking
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Measurements:
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90 cm (height) x 80 cm (width) x 35 cm (depth)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; deities; Syncretism; Haiti; Vodou
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Description:
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Carved sheet metal sculpture of a woman wearing earrings and a necklace, surrounded by several other characters. At the upper left is a tree-like shape, from which several snakes escape. The Gédés (Guédé) are the family of Loa (spirits in Vodou) that embody the powers of death and fertility. Baron Samedi's wife, Grande-Brigitte (Maman Brigitte) has authority over all the cemeteries. Mother of all Gédés and all the dead, she is also a brilliant lawyer who is consulted for justice and reparation. Chef and father of all the Gédés, undisputed master of the cemeteries, Baron Samedi (Saturday) is a Loa (also called Iwa) to whom one speaks during the difficulties of the life. They have been syncretized with various Catholic saints. (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BIENAIME-FAFFM-GB-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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