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Originally Posted by Chris
Thanks for the voice of reason.
No, no overt 'appropriation', except in that Dominicans buy it and sell it in the tourist markets. I've often walked through Cabarete or Sosua and wondered why there are no examples of Dominican art, or very little Dominican art on display.... "Haitian art" has become the trade name synonymous with the naive style... and the roots of the art remain forgotten - at least where I see it sold.
The hatred astounds me, it is like we're living in the gaza strip.
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Thanks, Chirimoya for the run-down, note however that I never claimed that Dominicans claimed the art as theirs. I just stated that I was shocked to find that most of the works being sold were that of people of Haitian ancestry. Haitian art indeed looked like the native art as Chris simply put it. I couldn't find a work done by a Dominican artist, it was amazing to have witnessed that.
And as for Sammy, I have my sources who claimed that he's in deep denial when it comes to his Haitian ancestry because of some bad blood with that side of the family. I can tell you that my Dominican side of the Family no longer accept us as Dominicans, also because of some idiotic issues. WHile I was in the DR I wanted to visit my Grandmother's side of the family but thought well about it and decided not to. Besides I don't know if they would have lynched me, you know you never if they'd told their neighbors about their Haitian side of la familia.
My Mother once bumped into one of our Dominican cousins in the Heights, wouldn't you know it the woman totally ignored my mother. Eventhough they grew up as siblings when the Dominican side would visit us in Haiti for Family reunions, I tell it's deep it's really deep.
by the way PIb, I am not here to bash DR culture I just want some answers. I am a product of both cultures, yet one basically wants nothing to do with me. I would love to one day meet my Dominican cousins, however if they don't want to that'll just be a part of me that I would have to do without. I will never deny the person/product that I am, not me, never.