ABOUT TURGO
Turgo Bastien belongs to that generation of artists who
arrived in South Florida in the 1980s and who had
already established themselves in their countries.
However, his experience in the U.S. led him in a
direction entirely different from his contemporaries.
What is different in Turgo Bastien is his singular
approach to metaphor and the conscius look for new
direction and language which could inscribe his
identity in a contemporary expression. Turgo tells a
story that rises as counter discourse to the story of
mainstream art in which other cultures have been
treated as marginal. Turgo sees his own marginality
and unbearable cultural shock of an individual moving
from one part of the world to another. The work must
find another identity or recover what has been lost
before it sinks into nothingness. But this is not simple.
His paintings derive frm the rythmical space, filling
patterns of the mask and the multidimensional state of
mind of those from his background. His pictures are
not mere patterns but images nd their forms whether
painted or sculpted, invest the surface with
mysterious life. The outcome of his sight is
heightened aawareness that what we have in common
is indeed far greter than what divides us.
written by Babacar M'Bow in:
Here, There and Beyond - The Work of Haitian Artists of Florida
KRISTO and Fred Thomas
arrived in South Florida in the 1980s and who had
already established themselves in their countries.
However, his experience in the U.S. led him in a
direction entirely different from his contemporaries.
What is different in Turgo Bastien is his singular
approach to metaphor and the conscius look for new
direction and language which could inscribe his
identity in a contemporary expression. Turgo tells a
story that rises as counter discourse to the story of
mainstream art in which other cultures have been
treated as marginal. Turgo sees his own marginality
and unbearable cultural shock of an individual moving
from one part of the world to another. The work must
find another identity or recover what has been lost
before it sinks into nothingness. But this is not simple.
His paintings derive frm the rythmical space, filling
patterns of the mask and the multidimensional state of
mind of those from his background. His pictures are
not mere patterns but images nd their forms whether
painted or sculpted, invest the surface with
mysterious life. The outcome of his sight is
heightened aawareness that what we have in common
is indeed far greter than what divides us.
written by Babacar M'Bow in:
Here, There and Beyond - The Work of Haitian Artists of Florida
KRISTO and Fred Thomas
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TURGO'S BLOG IS HERE:
http://360.yahoo.com/turgoart
http://360.yahoo.com/turgoart
