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Hearts on Fire!

February 6, 2016 to March 6, 2016

 

Hearts on Fire!
A Valentine's month selection of the iconography of the heart, from Haiti, Mexico and Peru.   In Haiti the heart is the symbol or vévé of the loas (spirits) Erzulie Freda and Erzulie Dantor and the various other  manifestations of the Virgin Mary.  Hearts on Fire features beaded and sequinned drapo Vodou from Haitian Vodou flag artists, including Roudy Azor, Jean-Baptiste Jean Joseph, the late Sylva Joseph, Yves Telemak and Georges Valris, as well as Haitian sculpture from recycled oil-drums, papier maché and stone.  

Mexican artists such as Oaxaca's Fernando Olivera employ the image of the Corazon Sagrada Sacred Heart to make a political statement, commemorating the sorrow of those left behind by Latin America's fallen, imprisoned and desaparecidos, the disapeared.  

Peru's premier retablista Claudio Jimenez Quispé and his brother Mabilon use the sacred heart imagery to make a lighter point.  His Casa de Corazones heart workshop retablos show Peruvian artisans not only fashioning new hearts, with romantic slogans such as  "Amor eterno" and "Te amo como a nadie en el mundo", but carefully sewing together broken hearts as well.  

 

Erzulie Freda Vodou Flag
SKU: YT-1603

Sequins and beads on fabric
(40 x 33), 2000
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

$1100

Requiem por los Caidos (Enero del 94) - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1201

(Requiem for the Fallen - January 1994)
Aquatint (19 x 12 1/2), #13/30, 1995

$950

Dambala and Erzulie Vodou Flag
SKU: LFL-1601

Fils Lafleur (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Beads on fabric (35 3/4" x 30 1/4")
c.2005
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

$900

Taller de Corazones (Valentine Workshop) Retablo (version 8)
SKU: PRTB-55-8

Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Peru), 2022/23
Painted plaster sculpture w/ wood, other materials in painted wood box.
(10" h. x 12" w. x 3" d.)

Note:  Due to their fragility we can no longer ship these retablos out of the U.S. except by special arrangement.  Custom art-handler packing and shipping required.  Please inquire for estimate.

$775

Erzulie Freda Vodou Flag
SKU: OV-1601

O.V. (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(32" x 25"), c.2000
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

$750

Erzulie Vodou Flag
SKU: MS/D1402

Sequins and beads on fabric
(29" x 24") c.2013

$ 525

Fernando Olivera - Mensajes del Alma
SKU: FOL-54

Woodcut (Image size 9 3/8" x 11 5/8" on 16" x 16 3/4" sheet)
#1/30, 2005

$ 425

Ezilie Freda Beaded Vodou flag
SKU: RA-2302

Gran Bois Beaded Drapo Vodou (Vodou flag)
Roudy Azor (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (17 1/4" x 13 1/4”),
c.2022
The flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.

$375

"Para Ti con Amor" (For you with love) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-71

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-72

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

"Te Amo Mi Vida" (I love you my life) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-89

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

"Juntos for Siempre Amor Bio" (Together always my love) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-90

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

"Tu Amor Espero" Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-13

"Tu Amor Espero" Retablo Heart Ornament
Claudio Jimenez Quispe (Peru), c.2012
Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 1/4 " h.. x 3" w. x 1 3/4" d.)

$38

"Te Amo como a nadie en el Mundo" (I love you like nothing in the world) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-68

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Heart in a Box - Retablo
SKU: PRTB-61

Jesus Sanchez Avendano (Peru), c.2014
Painted plaster sculpture in painted faux-wood cardboard box (colors, text and specific design will vary)
(3 3/4" h. x 2 1/2" w. x 1" d.)

$22

Ceremonie Freda
SKU: YT0503

Sequins and beads on fabric with fringe
(41 x 33), 2005

$ 975

Product Status: 
Sold
Untitled - Fernando Olivera
SKU: FEO-1025

Aquatint (17 1/4" x 14 5/8", Sheet size 26" x 22"), #7,8/40, 2009

 

$850

Product Status: 
Sold
Freda - Vodou Flag
SKU: JBJJ-1501

Jean-Baptiste Jean Joseph (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Beads on velvet fabric
(29" x 22 1/2"), c.2005

This flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon. It is published in Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti,(2007) by Nancy Josephson, p. 37.
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

Exhibited at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, New Jersey (July to December, 2016) for exhibit:  Shades of Past, Colors of Present:  Preserving Caribbean Cultural Heritage in New Jersey.

 

$750

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Dantor Vodou Flag
SKU: SJ-1501

Sylva Joseph (Bel Air, Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(30" x 30"), c.2000

$750

Product Status: 
Sold
"Marassa Deux" Vodou Banner
SKU: GV/D-0602

George Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (35 x 25), c.2006

$ 650

Product Status: 
Sold
Claudio Jimenez Quispe
SKU: PRTB-55

Claudio Jimenez Quispe and Vicenta Flores Atausis (Peru), c.2009, 2113, 2015
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box
(13 1/2" h. x 8" w. x 3" d.)
Individual designs will vary.

 

$650

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda Vodou Flag
SKU: GV-1601

Sequinned Banner
Sequins and beads on fabric
(35 1/2 x 24 1/2), c.2005
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

$575

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Dantor and Damballa
SKU: GV/D1309

Sequinned Banner
Sequins and beads on fabric
(34 x 25 1/2), c.2013

$ 575

Product Status: 
Sold
Dambalah Vodou Flag
SKU: PG-1601

P.G. (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(27 3/4" x 27 3/4"), c.2000
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

20% off

$575

Product Status: 
Sold
Reyna de Corazones (Queen of Hearts)
SKU: FEO-0802

Aquatint (9 1/2" x 8 1/2"Image size on 16" x 12" sheet, 19" x 17" framed)
#P/A, 2007
Framed

$550

Product Status: 
Sold
Dambalah - Vodou Flag
SKU: LFL-1502

Fils Lafleur (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(28.5" x 26.5"), c.2005

$550

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda Vodou Flag
SKU: AZ-1403

Erzulie Freda Beaded Drapo Vodou (Vodou flag)
Roudy Azor (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (21 1/2" x 21 1/2"),
c. 2013
The flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.

 

$500

Product Status: 
Sold
Dambala and Erzulie Vodou Flag
SKU: LFL/D1501

Fils Lafleur (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Beads on fabric (24" x 20")
c.2005
This flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

 

$475

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda Beaded Vodou Flag
SKU: AZ-1402

Erzulie Freda Beaded Drapo Vodou (Vodou flag)
Roudy Azor (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (15" x 20"),
c. 2013
The flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.

Donated to permanent collection of Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center.

 

$425

Product Status: 
Sold
SKU: BV/D0701

Andremise Brianville Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (23 1/2 x 20), c.2006

$375

Product Status: 
Sold
Taller de Corazones (Valentine Workshop) Retablo (version 7)
SKU: PRTB-55-7

Claudio Jimenez Quispé (Peru), 2022-2023
Painted plaster sculpture w/ wood, other materials in painted wood box.
(7" h. x 6 1/6" w. x 2" d.)

$375

Product Status: 
Sold
Dambala and Erzulie Vodou Flag
SKU: ANN-1604

Anonymous flag artist (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
33" x 32"), c.2000
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

25% off

$275

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda Sequinned Vodou Banner
SKU: GV/D-1410

Sequins and beads on fabric
(21 1/2" x 18 1/2"), 2014

$ 250

Product Status: 
Sold
Small Casa de Corazones Retablo
SKU: PRTB79-sm

Mabilon Jimenez (Peru), c.2012
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box (colors and specific design may vary)
(9 1/2" h. x 5 1/2" w. x 3" d.)

$220

Product Status: 
Sold
Danthor Vodou Flag
SKU: ANN-1601

Anonymous artist. (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
(17" x 16"), c.2000
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

$95

Product Status: 
Sold
SKU: GV/D1301

Sequins and beads on fabric
(15 3/4 x 13 3/4), c.2013

$ 95

Product Status: 
Sold
SKU: GV/D1401

Sequins and beads on fabric
(15 1/2" x 12"), c.2013

$ 95

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda Vodou Flag
SKU: ANN-1602

Anonymous flag artist (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
14 1/2" x 14"), c.2000
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

$85

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda" Vodou Bottle
SKU: btl-9

Port-au-Prince
Fabric, beads, sequins on glass bottle
(11 1/4" h. x 3 1/2" w.) c.2013

Sequins and beads on fabric (15" x 20"),
c. 2013
The flag is extremely densely beaded and sequinned (and thus extremely heavy), in the manner of the artists Constant and Simeon.

Donated to permanent collection of Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center.

 

$78

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda (purple)" Vodou Bottle
SKU: btl-11

Port-au-Prince
Fabric, beads, sequins on glass bottle
(11 1/4" h. x 3 1/2" w.) c.2013

$78

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda Vodou Bottle
SKU: BTL-12

Signed "Julio" - Port-au-Prince
Fabric, beads, sequins on glass bottle
(11 1/4" h. x 3 1/2" w.) c.2013

$78

Product Status: 
Sold
Sacred Heart - Retablo
SKU: PGRTB-11

Gonzalez family (Aza, Huancayo, Peru), 2008
Painted carved maguey wood sculpture in painted wood box
(5 1/2" h. x 4" w. x 2 1/4" d.)

Design and colors may vary.

$58

Product Status: 
Sold
Dambala and Erzulie Vodou Flag
SKU: ANN-1603

Anonymous flag artist (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric
12 1/2" x 10"), c.2000
This flag is being sold by Judy Hoffman for the benefit of the Art Creation Foundation for Children, which she founded in Jacmel, Haiti.

$58

Product Status: 
Sold
Siempre Juntos Heart Retablo
SKU: PRTB98

Jesus Sanchez Avendano (Peru),
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box (colors, text and specific design may vary)
(5 1/2" h. x 4 3/4" w. x 1 3/4" d.)

$54

Product Status: 
Sold
Erzulie Freda (Vévé heart)
SKU: hs-sm743

by Tunis (Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
Recycled steel oil-drum (14 1/2" diameter)

Exhibited at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, New Jersey in exhibit:  Shades of Past, Colors of Present:  Preserving Caribbean Cultural Heritage in New Jersey.

$52

Product Status: 
Sold
Amor por Siempre (the proposal) Retablo
SKU: PRTB-99

By David Achalma.  Peru.  
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box (colors and specific design may vary)
(5 1/4" h. x 3 1/8" w. x 1 1/4" d.)

$46

Product Status: 
Sold
Tienda de Corazones (Heart Shop) - Mini-Retablo
SKU: PRTB-180

2022.
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box
(2 7/8" h. x 1 1/2" w. x 3/4" d.)
Note:  No two are identical.  Exact details will vary

$42

Product Status: 
Sold
"Eres El Amor de Mi Vida" (you are the love of my life) Retablo heart ornament
SKU: PHRT-63

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament). 
(5" h. x 4 1/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Con Amor Para Ti" (With love for you) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-64

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 1/2" h. x 4 1/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Eres la Luz de mis Ojos" (You are the light of my eyes) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-65

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3" h. x 4 1/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Eres el Amor de mi Vida" (You are the love of my life) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PRTB-66

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 1/4" h. x 4 1/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Sere Tuyo Por Siempre" (I will be yours for always) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-67

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 1/2" h. x 4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Amo Mio" (My Love) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-69

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Eres Mia y Soy Tuya" (You are Mine and I am Yours) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-70

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Mi Primer amor" (My first love) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-50

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 1/2 " h. x 3 1/2" w. x 2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
Mending a Broken Heart -  Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-74

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Ni la muerte nos separara" (Until death do us part) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-51

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 " h. x 3 1/2" w. x 2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Te Amo Como a Nadie en el Mundo" (I love you like nothing in the world) - Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-75

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Hoy Mas Que Nunca Te Amo" (I love you now more than ever) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-52

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 " h. x 5" w. x 2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Hoy Mas Que Nunca Te Amo" (I love you today more than ever) - Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-76

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Sueno Contigo" Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-55

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 3/4" h. x 3 3/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Nuestro Amor Florecera Por Siempre" (Our love blooms forever) - Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-77

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Tu Amor Espero" Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-56

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 3/4" h. x 3 3/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Te Regalo Todo Mi Corazon"  - Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-79

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4 1/4" h. x 4 1/2" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Eres la Luz de mis Ojos" Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PRT-57

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 3/4" h. x 3 3/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-14

Painted plaster sculpture
(4 " h.. x 3 3/4" w. x 1 3/4" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
Mending a broken heart -  Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-60

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3" h. x 3 1/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Para Ti con Amor" (With love for you) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-61

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(3 1/4" h. x 3 1/4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
"Mi Dulce Amor" (My Sweet Love) Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-62

Painted plaster sculpture (with loop on back for hanging as an ornament).
(4" h. x 4" w. x 2 1/2" d.)

$38

Product Status: 
Sold
Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-15

c.2014
Painted plaster sculpture
(3 1/2 " h.. x 4" w. x 1 1/4" d.)

$32

Product Status: 
Sold
"Amor Eterno" Retablo Heart Ornament
SKU: PHRT-17

Painted plaster sculpture
(2 1/2 " h.. x 3 1/4" w. x 1 1/2" d.)

$28

Product Status: 
Sold
Hand and Heart (#hs-hnd01) Hearts for Haiti!
SKU: hs-hnd01

Hand-made from recycled steel drums
(approx. 7" h. x 5 1/2" w.)

Proceeds from the sale of this handmade Haitian heart help fund the Haitian relief activities of HAND/EYE Fund's Artisan Grants Program. (www.handeye.org).

$14

Product Status: 
Sold
Soapstone Hearts from Kenya - Small
SKU: KHRT-SM

Hand-carved Soap-stone Hearts - Small
(Kenya)
Hand-carved from Kenyan soapstone.  Red, with assorted carved designs.
(approx. 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1")
Sold in sets of three hearts.
 

$12/three

Product Status: 
Temporarily out of stock
Milagro Heart Ornaments
SKU: orn-30a

(Haiti)
Hand-made from recycled steel drums.
(approx. 4" h. x 3 1/2" w.).  Assorted designs.

$8.50

Product Status: 
Temporarily out of stock