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