David Zukas
Paintings- mixed media: Friend Ship
Friend Ship, mixed media on wood door 30" X 80"
My esteemed adviser, cerebral sculptor and father-in-law, Patrick Vilaire, told me on a recent trip to Haiti that I should follow my metaphor and start producing my ideas on physical doors. He was right. Painting the harrowing imagery of a slave ship diagram needed the overwhelming size of a real door. Juxtaposing the innocence of a baby with devastating historical references seems absurd. However, my daughter would not exist if noble West Africans were not stolen from their homeland and forced to work cane fields in Haiti. Are the descendants of the African Diaspora better off in the new world after 500 years? When will they awaken from their slumber?
My esteemed adviser, cerebral sculptor and father-in-law, Patrick Vilaire, told me on a recent trip to Haiti that I should follow my metaphor and start producing my ideas on physical doors. He was right. Painting the harrowing imagery of a slave ship diagram needed the overwhelming size of a real door. Juxtaposing the innocence of a baby with devastating historical references seems absurd. However, my daughter would not exist if noble West Africans were not stolen from their homeland and forced to work cane fields in Haiti. Are the descendants of the African Diaspora better off in the new world after 500 years? When will they awaken from their slumber?
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