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The Ghetto Biennale (Haitian Creole: Geto Byenal) is an international contemporary arts exhibition held every two years in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during November and December. [1]

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The Ghetto Biennale was founded and is curated by Andre Eugène, an artist and a member of the local group of sculptors known as the Atis Rezistans, and Leah Gordon, artist and curator. [2] [3] [4] The idea for the event started when Eugéne and other artists were unable to obtain US Visas for an exhibition in Florida, to which they had been invited to exhibit in. [5]

"In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, however, the Ghetto Biennial takes a cold, hard look at what it means to be unseen and excluded from the highly networked, globalized, financially fluid mainstream art circuit. Founded in 2009 by André Eugène and Leah Gordon along with members of the collective Atis Rezistans, the event was created to address the fact that artists living and working in Haiti are often not able to travel—even if their work is included in a major exhibition abroad—often from lack of resources or flat-out visa refusal due to severe restrictions on Haitian passports." – The Observer [6]

Two of the city's poorest districts known as Lakou Cheri and Ghetto Leanne adjacent to the Grand Rue in central Port-au-Prince act as primary sites for the Ghetto Biennale. [7] [3] The biennale offers an opportunity for local artists – often without any training – to work side by side and collaborate with visiting international artists. [8] The Ghetto Biennale has provided an alternative model to the larger and more predictably 'all star' biennales that have become common in over 250 cities around the world since the 90's. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ghetto Biennale". Biennal Foundation.
  2. ↑ Savage, Polly (July 2010). "The Germ of the Future? Ghetto Biennale: Port-Au-Prince" (PDF). Third Text. 24 (4): 491–495. doi:10.1080/09528822.2010.491384.
  3. 1 2 McKee, C.C. (March 2016). "4th Ghetto Biennale 2015". Artforum International. ProQuest   1774331951.
  4. ↑ Sharp, Rob. "The Master's Voice". Frieze. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  5. ↑ Dazed (2010-01-28). "Haiti Ghetto Biennale". Dazed. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  6. ↑ "The 5th Edition of the Ghetto Biennial Maps Haiti's Creative Landscape". Observer. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  7. 1 2 "4th Ghetto Biennale Archive". Ghetto Biennale.
  8. ↑ Billock, Jennifer. "Explore Port-au-Prince's Triumphant Art Scene". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  9. ↑ "Is it time to call an end to biennials?". Apollo Magazine. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  10. ↑ "1st Ghetto Biennale 2009 Archive". Ghetto Biennale.
  11. ↑ "2nd Ghetto Biennale 2011 Archive". Ghetto Biennale.
  12. ↑ "3rd Ghetto Biennale Archive". Ghetto Biennale.
  13. ↑ "Fifth Edition of Ghetto Biennale Announces Participating Artists". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  14. ↑ "6th GHETTO BIENNALE 2019: The Haitian Revolution and Beyond | Contemporary And". www.contemporaryand.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-09.


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