Manuel Mathieu Listens to History in a Minor Key
Manuel Mathieu brings Haitian history, abstraction and Black Atlantic memory to Venice Biennale 2026 in Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys. Manuel Mathieu does not present history as a lesson. He lets it gather as pressure, through paint, clay, fabric, scent and film, somewhere between memory and matter. Haiti’s history carries the force of a radical beginning and a troubled afterlife. As the first independent Black republic and the first nation in Latin America and the Caribbean to overthrow colonial rule, […]
Manuel Mathieu brings Haitian history, abstraction and Black Atlantic memory to Venice Biennale 2026 in Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys. Manuel Mathieu does not present history as a lesson. He lets it gather as pressure, through paint, clay, fabric, scent and film, somewhere between memory and matter. Haiti’s history carries the force of a radical…
Manuel Mathieu brings Haitian history, abstraction and Black Atlantic memory to Venice Biennale 2026 in Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys. Manuel Mathieu does not present history as a lesson. He lets it gather as pressure, through paint, clay, fabric, scent and film, somewhere between memory and matter. Haiti’s history carries the force of a radical beginning and a troubled afterlife. As the first independent Black republic and the first nation in Latin America and the Caribbean to overthrow colonial rule, […]
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