{"id":341,"date":"2010-10-27T00:55:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T04:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/?p=341"},"modified":"2011-01-21T19:01:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T23:01:39","slug":"artist-spotlight-reynald-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/2010\/10\/artist-spotlight-reynald-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight: Reynald Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/10\/circledance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/10\/circledance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/10\/circledance.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/10\/circledance-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\"><em>Rode d&#8217;Enfant<\/em>, Reynald Joseph<\/p>\n<p><em>Who\u2019s behind the artwork that the VHP sells and displays?\u00a0 In this new blog feature, you\u2019ll have the chance to learn a little bit more about the spectrum of artists whose work is presented by the VHP.\u00a0\u00a0 These artists come from a broad range of backgrounds, and their biographies are as vibrant as their colorful paintings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week we\u2019re profiling Reynald Joseph (b. Port-au-Prince, 1973), whose lively piece <em><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.vassar.edu\/haiti\/art\/joseph.php\">Jammin\u2019<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.vassar.edu\/haiti\/art\/joseph.php\"> <\/a>served as the iconic poster art for the VHP\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/2010\/10\/10\/recap-les-petits-chanteurs-concert\/\">Les Petits Chanteurs<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/2010\/10\/10\/recap-les-petits-chanteurs-concert\/\"> event<\/a> in September.\u00a0 Joseph\u2019s father, well-known Haitian artist Wilfrid Louis, first inspired him to try art when he was a boy.\u00a0 Louis continued to serve as a mentor as his son launched an art career of his own.\u00a0 Today, Joseph has developed his own distinct style and flair in his art.\u00a0 He often paints native Haitians just plain having a good time, whether they\u2019re dancing, making music, playing games, or sailing.\u00a0 There is a great sense of movement and celebration in Joseph\u2019s work.\u00a0 His lanky, playful figures exude a contagiously carefree attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Reynald Joseph also appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/02\/16\/AR2010021605763.html?sid=ST2010021606207\">a Washington Post article<\/a> on Haitian artists coping with last January\u2019s earthquake.\u00a0 Joseph was one of many artists to tenderly portray post-quake Port-au-Prince in his art.\u00a0 Joseph is immensely popular at the Galerie Monnin, and is among Haiti\u2019s most beloved, distinctive artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rode d&#8217;Enfant, Reynald Joseph Who\u2019s behind the artwork that the VHP sells and displays?\u00a0 In this new blog feature, you\u2019ll have the chance to learn a little bit more about the spectrum of artists whose work is presented by the VHP.\u00a0\u00a0 These artists come from a broad range of backgrounds, and their biographies are as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[933,190],"tags":[31095,935,934],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-spotlight","category-other","tag-artist-spotlight","tag-les-petits-chanteurs","tag-reynald-joseph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}