UK puts Haitian art in the picture with major exhibition

Mark Brown
Arts Correspondent
Guardian.Co.UK,
Sunday 21 October 2012

Haiti is often known for its grinding poverty, brutal oppression and natural disasters but the biggest exhibition of its art ever staged in the UK aims to provide more of a balance.

"When you walk in here, hopefully it is, on a simple level, visually eye-popping, astonishing," said the director of Nottingham Contemporary, Alex Farquharson. "These images speak to a very rich culture. There is a lot of joy."

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