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Exhibition Tour of “Caribbean Fantasia” by Raphaël Barontini

Exhibition Tour of “Caribbean Fantasia” by Raphaël Barontini In this video, TCU Art Galleries Director, Sara-Jayne Parsons, and artist Raphaël Barontini walk you through his exhibition “Caribbean Fantasia”, on-view at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts. CARIBBEAN FANTASIA February 28 – May 2, 2020 Fort Worth Contemporary Arts 2900 W. Berry Street Fort Worth, TX 76109 Raphaël Barontini https://www.raphaelbarontini.com Paris-based artist Raphaël Barontini uses photographic imagery on textiles to create installations that conjure spectacle, celebration and ritual. From large-scale colorful banners and flags to items of customized clothing, his vibrant printed fabric work combines pattern and portraiture that is both eye-catching and alluring. His juxtaposition of seductive surfaces - - playful fringe and tassels against silky drapery and soft leather - - creates a dynamic gallery environment that suggests performance and improvisation. In using pre-existing imagery Barontini references the collage work of artists like Hannah Höch or Romare Bearden, and his selection of particular photographic portraits points to his ongoing investigation of African Diaspora, of people and populations overlooked or misrepresented. His work engages with and challenges dominant iconographies of colonial interests. He often draws attention to black hero figures in French history, and as such, his contemporary re-presentation of such historic images explores issues of representation and race. For TCU, Barontini presents an immersive panorama at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts where visitors will be surrounded by large-scale fabric works, accompanied by an audio piece commissioned by hip hop musician Mike Ladd. Inspired by Barontini’s research on Haitian General Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) and other leaders of the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), the exhibition engages with a precise historical moment - - the Battle of Vertières - - and the fight independence from French colonial rule. Barontini considers equestrian portraiture as a symbol of identity and power, and in the context of Fort Worth, reflects on the history of the American cowboy, or more specifically, cowboys of color. Understood in this way “Caribbean Fantasia” represents an imaginary vision of a cavalcade for freedom. Mike Ladd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ladd Mike Ladd is an American hip hop musician from Boston, Massachusetts. He is based in Paris, France. The Guardian described him as "the king of the hip-hop concept." The Art Galleries at TCU: Fort Worth Contemporary Arts | Moudy Gallery   / fortworthcontemporaryarts     / moudygallery   https://www.artsy.net/fort-worth-cont...   / tcuartgalleries     / tcu_galleries   http://www.theartgalleries.tcu.edu Texas Christian University: http://www.tcu.edu