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Voodoo Ceremony Outdoors with Vodou Chicken Sacrifice

Creator: Wilson Bigaud
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
In this work, Haitian Master Wilson Bigaud focuses on fleeting moments of a Voodoo scene. He depicts the sacrifices of two chickens to the spirits. It is a gift to the divine, a way for humans to achieve communion with it or with ancestral spirits (the Loa). Onlookers and neighbors witness the event while a maid washes clothes, oblivious to the ongoing. Bigaud packs the narrative with detail. He gives us a view into a bedroom where a boy is sound asleep, unaffected by the rhythmic drumming and whipping. Biguads' painting technique could be described as post-expressionist, characterized by quick, fluid brushstrokes and punchy colors that mimic the powerful energy of the scenes he captures, with an emphasis on the spiritual over the earthly. Signed and inscribed lower right. Unframed.

Bigaud in Select Museum Collections: MoMA, NY (1947, 1951 Accessions, Inter-American Fund); National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (2023 Accession, Kay and Roderick Heller)

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Haiti
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Oil on Masonite
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1970 circa
Styles / Movements:	Surrealism, Outsider Art, African American
Incollect Reference #:	838577

Dimensions

W.	30 in;	H.	23.88 in;
W.	76.2 cm;	H.	60.66 cm;

Message from Seller:

Robert Funk Fine Art in Miami offers an eclectic collection shaped by 45 years of experience, blending art with commercial perspectives. For inquiries or art advisory services, contact Robert Funk at decoypoet@yahoo.com or 305.857.0521.