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Sergine Andre was born in the Artibonite Valley, in a still
fertile region of an eroded land. In that region, as everywhere in Haiti, human beings are less populous than spirits, especially during the frightful night. Sergine Andre walks at night. She goes where others fear the worst. She sees what puts them in terror of their lives, and she shows us what it is. Audacious Sergine! Each of her paintings makes a disquieting presence felt, makes the invisible visible. It is as though the spirits, those on the other side, breathe upon the other side of the canvas. Their breath goes through it. The canvas reveals, touched by strange beauty, the strangeness of all beauty. The non-figurative figure of an ungraspable being appears in pictorial space. For those who know how to see, there is more to love than to fear. Michael Norton, October 2004 Exposition: Absolute Americana Art Gallery (15 April - 30 June) |