Didier Civil (b. 1973, Jacmel, Haiti)
Gede triptych, 2006
Acrylic on canvas
Fowler Museum at UCLA, X2011.24.32; Gift of Marilyn Houlberg
Gede manifests through the bodies of his female devotees (sèvitè) in Civil’s triptych. The blank expressions of sèvitè and god seem to express an indifference to human observers.
Source: Exhibition wall text, In Extremis: Death and Life in 21st-Century Haitian Art
Ibis beak
Lega peoples
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ibis beak, bird bone, feathers.
H: 3.50 cm, W: 16 cm, D: 2.80 cm.
Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.619.
Headdress
Lega peoples
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Goat hide, cowrie shells, teeth, fiber, button, shell.
H: 35.50 cm, W: 12 cm, D: 18 cm.
Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.395.
Tortoise shell
Lega peoples
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tortoise shell
H: 5.60 cm, W: 9.70 cm, D: 13.80 cm.
Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.645.
Animal teeth
Lega peoples
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Animal teeth, animal skin, textile, plant fiber
H: 4.70 cm, W: 7 cm, D: 1.40 cm
Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.628.
