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Jean-Claude
Garoute aka Tiga was a man of many talents. He was a musician, a poet,
a writer, a philosopher, but he is best known for his paintings. He
was one of the organizers of the revolutionary art school of Saint Soleil, (Saint Sun.) The other organizer was Haitian artist, Maud Robart. Saint Soleil
was located in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince and encouraged painters,
poets, writers, craftspeople, singers, dancers, sculptors and musicians
to practice their art. French writer André Malraux was so impressed by
the Saint Soleil School that he devoted a whole chapter to it in his
last book, "L'Intemporel." Tiga used convoluting forms and suggested
facial expressions set in vibrant colors to evoke emotions as in
“L’Oeil” (The Eye). Although the drawing and the mix of color makes it
blurry and slightly distorted, we feel the anxiety expressed in the
eyes, anxiety which is amplified by the circular movement that
surrounds them. Tiga was born in 1935 in Jérémie, Haiti and passed away
in Miami in 2006. His work has been exhibited in countries around the
world such as Haiti, Dominican Republic, France, and the USA.
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