OPENING // ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI // SUN 23 OCT 2PM

You are cordially invited to attend. Haitian rum, beer and food will be served. Please RSVP to pa@gallevery.com.

WHAT GRAND OPENING // ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI
WHEN Sunday 23rd September 2018 // 2 - 6pm
WHERE 4 Chiltern Street, London W1 [ MAP ]

For more information about the project, please download our Press Release.

CEMETERY SCENE, CASTERA BAZILE (1952)

As part of its ongoing investigations into alternative art-makers of the 20th century, The Gallery of Everything invites you to experience ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI.

This immersive, three-venue exhibition will recall the moment in 1945 when Surrealism
descended on a former slave colony - and rewrote not just history, but art history.

To illustrate the story, The Gallery of Everything will display period artworks by artists working with le Centre d’Art d’Haïti - many of which have never been shown in the UK - alongside original material from the collection of André Breton, the founder of Surrealism.

ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI will be the first time such an in-depth overview of the movement has ever been held in a commercial context.

Tickets for the two art fairs are available from their websites. For FRIEZE MASTERS, click HERE. For 1-54, click HERE. If you are interested to attend the Private Views on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th October, please email pa@gallevery.com.

The Gallery of Everything would like to thank its many allies for their support and assistance in the making of this project, and in particular, to the staff and archive of le Centre d’Art d’Haïti.

UNTITLED (ERZULIE), GEORGES LIAUTAUD (c 1960)

ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI opens with an ensemble of period drawings, paintings, sculptures and films at The Gallery of Everything on Chiltern Street.

Centred around an assembly of early cut-outs by the sculptor and metal-worker, GEORGES LIAUTAUD, this dynamic retrospective will be a first introduction to this important collective of self-taught makers.

Artists include RIGAUD BENOIT, WILMINO DOMOND, JACQUES GOURGUE, NEHEMY JEAN, EDGER JEAN-BAPTISTE, JOSEPH JEAN-LAURENT, WESNER LAFOREST, ADAM LEONTUS, GEORGES LIAUTAUD, A LUSIMOND and ANDRÉ NORMIL.

Films from the period will also be shown, including material by Maya Deren and documentary footage on le Centre d’Art d’Haïti. A talks and film programme will be announced in due course.

WHAT   THE GALLERY OF EVERYTHING // ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI
WHEN    Sunday 23rd September to Sunday 11th November 2018
WHERE    4 Chiltern Street, London W1 [ MAP ]

UNTITLED, HECTOR HYPPOLITE (c 1945/47)

The project continues with a survey of rare masterpieces by key influencers in the Haitian narrative. Foremost among them, the exceptional HECTOR HYPPOLITE, whose visualisations of Vodou spirits were championed by André Breton, the founding father of Surrealism - and whose work inspired Breton’s collaboration with Marcel Duchamp: Surréalisme en 1947.

The survey also features rarely seen paintings by other members of le Centre d’Art d’Haïti
including CASTERA BAZILE, WILSON BIGAUD, PRÉFÈTE DUFFAUT and PHILOMÉ OBIN, whose historic depiction of the arrival of Franklin D Roosevelt will be on display.

WHAT FRIEZE MASTERS [ Stand F16 ] // ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI
WHEN Wednesday 3rd October // 11am - 8pm [ Private View ]
Thursday 4th October 2018 // 11am - 8pm [ Private View ]
Friday 5th October to Sunday 7th October 2018 [ Public View ]
WHERE Regent's Park, London NW1 [ MAP ]

For FRIEZE MASTERS tickets, click HERE.

UNTITLED, ROBERT SAINT-BRICE (c 1960)

ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI will expand with a solo presentation of large-scale, figurative abstractions by the visionary painter, ROBERT SAINT-BRICE.

Hosted by the 1-54 AFRICAN ART FAIR in Somerset House, the installation will coincide with a talk on Friday 5th of October on the impact of the movement, the role of Vodou and the legacy of Surrealism on Haiti.

WHAT 1-54 AFRICAN ART FAIR [ Stand S2 ]  //  ART + REVOLUTION IN HAITI
WHEN    Wednesday 3rd October 2018 [ Private View ]
Thursday 4th October to Sunday 7th October 2018 [ Public View ]
WHERE    Somerset House, London WC2  [ MAP ]

For 1-54 tickets, click HERE.

HECTOR HYPPOLITE (c 1945)

In 1945, André Breton came to Haiti and gave a series of lectures which – some say – helped spark a political revolution. Yet it was his visit to the radical art studio, Le Centre d’Art d’Haïti, which would change him and the course of art history forever.

This open-forum conversation will include audience members to discuss a critical moment in the development of the mid 20th century African diaspora aesthetic.

The Gallery of Everything invites all to attend this discussion, which aims to refine and redefine the position of Haitian artists in the history of the 20th century art narrative.

Attendance is free. Current speakers include:

JAMES BRETT Filmmaker, Founder of The Museum of Everything //
The Gallery of Everything
LEAH GORDON Artist, Founder Ghetto Biennale
AXELLE LIAUTAUD Board Chair, le Centre d’Art d’Haïti
JOHN CUSSANS Artist, Writer, Researcher
GISCARD BOUCHOTTE Curator and Critic

WHAT THE BIRTH OF A BLACK SURREALISM?
WHEN Friday 5th October 2018 // 11am - 12:30pm
WHERE 1-54 AFRICAN ART
Screening Room
Somerset House, London WC2 [ MAP ]

For more information, visit the 1-54 website HERE. To register for free, click HERE.

The Gallery of Everything is London’s first and only commercial space dedicated to non-academic and private art-making. The gallery's roster includes historical master artists and newly discovered authors and creators. Events include group and solo exhibitions, talks, readings and happenings.

All proceeds from sales go to support The Museum of Everything, a British non-profit organisation, committed to the advancement, integration and celebration of artists and makers beyond the cultural mainstream.

For more information on The Museum of Everything, please visit www.musevery.com and for details on its artists please click HERE.