This book and the accompanying exhibition represent the culmination of many years of artistic exploration, cultural reflection, and spiritual inquiry, and they honor the legacy of those who came before us but also envision a future where the spiritual and the material worlds coexist in harmony, offering a blueprint for liberation and unity. The catalog features artwork and texts by Fabiola Jean-Louis, along with contributions from Peggy Fogelman (Norman Jean Calderwood Director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum), Edwidge Danticat (author and 1999 Artist-in-Residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum), and Pieranna Cavalchini (Tom and Lisa Blumenthal Curator of Contemporary Art at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum).
Dimensions: 10.25 x 8.25 x .75”
Materials: Hardcover book
Fabiola Jean-Louis
Fabiola Jean-Louis is a Haitian-born, Brooklyn-based artist working in sculpture, photography, ceramics, and film. Her Afro-Surrealist practice explores themes of spirituality, history, and Black identity. She has held residencies at the Museum of Arts and Design and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, with exhibitions at the DuSable Museum, the Gardner, and the Andrew Freedman Home. In 2021, she became the first Haitian woman artist commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, contributing to Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room. Most recently, her solo exhibition Rewriting History was featured at the Gardner Museum in fall 2023.