I wonder what motivates those choices? This is a question I plan to explore in a future post, where I will also share some examples of Haitian Christian wall art, including church paintings. As regards depictions of Jesus, he found that some artists choose to depict him as white, some choose to depict him as black, and some choose to depict him (with historical accuracy) as olive-toned. “Haitian art is as varied as its people,” he writes-in both style and content. This man’s article takes a look at the art in El-Saieh Gallery. Tap-taps are only one small part of the very vibrant Haitian art scene.
When Rachel sent me her photos, she also sent me a link to a blog post titled “What Color is Haitian Jesus?”, written by a U.S. “Decision.” (Photo by Christine Washington)
In about half the cases, he is depicted in the standard Western way: as a white man with long wavy blonde hair. It’s always interesting to me to find that Jesus belongs not only to American pop culture, but is a fixture in the popular culture of other countries as well.Īlso interesting is that of the small sampling of Jesus tap-tap photos I found, Jesus is nowhere depicted as a native Haitian.
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Here’s another newscast on tap-taps, reported by Al Jazeera’s Sebastian Walkers.Īs you can see from these two videos, Jesus is part of most tap-taps’ celebrity portrait hodgepodge which includes athletes, musicians, movie stars, politicians, and others. Also, in general passengers feel that if tap-tap owners can afford to pay for such high-quality art, they can also afford to keep the vehicle in good working condition, guaranteeing a safer ride. Why? Because competition is steep, Davidson says, and owners feel that the prettier and more colorful their bus is, the more passengers will be attracted to it. In the four-and-a-half-minute news segment below, Adam Davidson of NPR’s Planet Money reports that tap-tap owners pay artists upwards of $1200 to paint their buses-more than most Haitians make in a year. “I love you, Jesus.” (Photo by Rachel Hastings)
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