Manuel Mathieu Haiti, b. 1986
All Spells, 2021
Ceramic
132 x 216 in
335.3 x 548.6 cm
335.3 x 548.6 cm
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Ceramics came into Manuel Mathieu’s research as an element that triggers a sense of alchemy, turning the four elements into an object that carries a spiritual value. For Mathieu, this sense of awareness that...
Ceramics came into Manuel Mathieu’s research as an element that triggers a sense of alchemy, turning the four elements into an object that carries a spiritual value. For Mathieu, this sense of awareness that the object can echo itself in several dimensions though our humanity and spirituality is at the core of the Black experience.
“In the slave ship when our destiny was shattered by disruptors and we were deprived of everything we owned and turned into objects, holding onto a rock during the crossing and turning that rock, just like the Igbo did before us, through our prayers into a symbol of our hopes and desires was pivotal to preserve what was most precious in us, our humanity,” says Mathieu. “This exercise mimics our capacities as a Black people against all odds to transcend our experiences and turn dust into mountains.”
The installation All Spells, to which this piece belongs, came from that idea of transforming simple elements and embedding them with a form of sensibility—a spiritual value that transcends our cognitive understanding of reality.
“In the slave ship when our destiny was shattered by disruptors and we were deprived of everything we owned and turned into objects, holding onto a rock during the crossing and turning that rock, just like the Igbo did before us, through our prayers into a symbol of our hopes and desires was pivotal to preserve what was most precious in us, our humanity,” says Mathieu. “This exercise mimics our capacities as a Black people against all odds to transcend our experiences and turn dust into mountains.”
The installation All Spells, to which this piece belongs, came from that idea of transforming simple elements and embedding them with a form of sensibility—a spiritual value that transcends our cognitive understanding of reality.
Provenance
Artist StudioKavi Gupta, Chicago