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H A I T I A N S P I R I T
Georges Valris
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Georges Valris was born in1953, in Cavaillon, Haiti. Valris had worked as a basket-maker, in a clothing factory and as a stevedore on a cruise ship before a friend showed him the technique of sewing sequins used in vodou flags. He sold his first flag to Galerie Marassa in Port-au-Prince, and went on to successfully market his flags to galleries, collectors and tourists.
Unlike most traditional vodou flag artists, Valris is not a houngan (priest) and, as a devout Catholic, does not in fact profess to be a devotee of vodou. While he does not see any problem with depicting the traditional vodou deities in his flags, he also designs flags of angels, saints and other strictly Christian imagery. He has also been sought out by other established international artists such as Tina Girouard, Alison Sayre, Nancy Josephson and Eduard Duval-Carrie to do collaborative works.
Valris’ work has been exhibited at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, and the International Folk Art Market at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, among other institutions. His work is published in Sequin Artists of Haiti (Girouard, 1994), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou (Cosentino, 1995), and Spirits in Sequins (Josephson,2007).
(Above biography heavily indebted to Nancy Josephson’s Spirits in Sequins).
Georges Valris - Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1995
(Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 1995)
Georges Valris in Santa Fe, NM, 2007
( Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 2007)
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Georges Valris - Port-au-Prince, Haiti, c.2003 (photograph by Marilyn Houlberg. Reproduced with permission).
Georges Valris and Serge Jolimeau in Santa Fe, NM, 2007 ( Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 2007)
Georges Valris in Santa Fe, NM, 2010
( Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 2010)
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La Sirene Vodou Banner
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (24 x 21), 1996
$325 |
Deux Marassa Vodou Banner (#GV/D0602)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (35 x 25), c.2006
$650 |
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Papa Loko Vodou Banner (#GV/D0909)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (41 x 33 1/2), c.2009
$850 |
Eve Vodou Banner (#GV/D0901)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (42 x 35), c.2009
$875
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Touts les Saints Vodou Banner (#GV/D0910)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (41 x 33 1/2), c.2009
$875
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Dancing Ghede Vodou Banner (#GV/D0911)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (42 x 34), c.2009
$875
SOLD 2/2011 |
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Papa Zaca and Bossu Vodou Banner (#GV/D0808)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (35 1/2 x 42 1/2), c.2007
$950 |
Legba Vodou Banner (#GV/D1001)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (22 x 19), c.2010
$225
SOLD 4/2011 |
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Papa Loko Vodou Banner (#GV/D1002)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (22 x 18 1/2), c.2010
$225
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Chicken Man Vodou Banner (#GV/D1003)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (20 1/2 x 17), c.2010
$195
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Erzulie and Damballah Vodou Banner (#GV/D1101)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (19 1/2 x 14), c.2011
$110
SOLD 4/2013 |
Elephant Sequinned Banner (#GV/D1103)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (19 x 15 1/4), c.2011
$120
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Kafou/Legba Sequinned Banner (#GV/D1104)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (17 x 15), c.2011
$120
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Zebra Sequinned Banner (#GV/D1105)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (19 x 15 1/4), c.2011
$120
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Giraffe Sequinned Banner (#GV/D1201)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (13 x 13), c.2012
$95
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Elephant Sequinned Banner (#GV/D1202)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (15 1/2 x 13), c.2012
$110
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Giraffe Sequinned Banner (#GV/D1203)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (22 x 19), c.2012
$225
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Elephant Sequinned Banner (#GV/D1204)
Georges Valris (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sequins and beads on fabric (22 3/4 x 18 1/2), c.2012
$225
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