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feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Felix Lafortune
The Sacred Vision of Felix Lafortune Born in Pont-à-Sonde, Haiti, Felix Lafortune emerged not as a classically trained academic, but as a profound voice from the spiritual heart of the Artibonite region. His journey into the world of fine art was an unexpected one, beginning far from the galleries of the elite. For much of his early life, he lived as a farmer and a houngan, a voodoo priest, in the city of St. Marc. His initial creative
expressions were not intended for public consumption or aesthetic prestige; rather, they were deeply personal acts of devotion. He began by decorating the walls of his own temple, using paint to participate in the cult of the lwa he served. To Lafortune, these murals were a way of manifesting the supernatural, a sacred medium through which he could connect with the divine spirits of his faith. The transition from temple walls to the…