Visions of the Past, Islands of the Future: New Work by Rivka Valérie Louissaint - Exhibition Object List

Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco
Mar. 6-Apr. 14, 2024

Object List

Indigenous people of Haiti and Cuba along with Indigenous plants
paper, gouache, acrylic, graphite
2024

Figures include:

Taino figure making a clay bowl
Taino figure carrying Yucca in a traditional basket

Plants include:

Banana trees
Beans
Coconut trees
Pineapples
Red hibiscus
Sugarcane
Tobacco 
White Mariposa

Birds:

Hispaniolan Trogon 

Cuban Revolution & Resistance to Imperialism
Mixed media on canvas
2024

Pre-revolutionary Cuba (1940s-1950s)
Mixed media on canvas
2024

Current Realities in Haiti
Mixed media on canvas
2024

Haitian Revolution
Mixed media on canvas
2024

Hopeful Future for the Caribbean
Mixed media on canvas
2024

Pre-columbian Caribbean 
Mixed media on canvas
2024

Blue Vessel
Ceramic with audio
2024

Audio:

Imperialismo Yanqui (Yankee Imperialism)
1 minute, 50 seconds, looped

Mixed Marble Vessel 2
Ceramic
2024

Red Vessel
Ceramic with audio
2024

Futuro de Cuba (Cuba’s Future)
4 minutes, 32 seconds, looped

Mixed Marble Vessel 1
Ceramic
2024

Damballah and Ayida Wedo Veve
Flour and chalk
2024

Hammer and Sickle
Cornmeal
2024

Immamou
Rice
2024

Altar honoring the artist’s Haitian family and traditions.

Altar honoring the Taino gods, including:

Trigonolito
Modeling clay

Itiva Tahuvava
Modeling clay
2024

Cemi Boinayel
Modeling clay
2024

Performance video, March 6, 2024
Rivka Valérie Louissaint and Jeff Pierre
Including dance, drumming, song, and spoken word