Fort Ganesvoort Gallery presents Myrlande Constant: Drapo
beading. This is one of the earlier memories along Myrlande’s path in becoming the international artist she now is.
Upon leaving her factory job in the early 1990s, Myrlande created drapos distinctively only using beads. Early works were two- to three-foot square—each drapo portraying one Vodou-inspired god accompanied by a graphic-designs—a veve— that signifies a particular god.Over the years, numerous representatives of Haitian art carried and continue to carry her work. And, as her art has evolved, her drapo have grown in size and complexity.
The all-seeing eye of the Gran Met, peers out from a tree trunk. Snakes coil around the tree representing the spirits from the religion’s creation myth, the Haitian gods Danbala and Ayida Wedo. Verdant hills in the background continue the origin story. The other drapo on the gallery’s second floor is the bead-and-sequin-on-fabric, 5 ½ x 8-foot banner dedicated to the Haitian farming spirit god Kouzen Zaka. The title is literally, Minister of Agriculture. On this narrative tapestry, Kouzen is rendered in many different dispositions; the whole is framed by red tassels.
Artist Veronique Leriche Fischetti found herself reconnecting with an old friend. Fischetti worked at the Oloffson Hotel 30 years back and is an early collector of Mrylande’s work, impressed by Myrlande’s mastery of both art and business.
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