Dance in America/ Mardi Gras Still Life #1 The poetry and songs of

The poetry and songs of Cuba provide literary and philosophical ideas

sculpture and wall works

upon closer study it reveals a sublime message of form and content

Representational animal forms along with geometric patterns let the line blur between a representational and abstract work

—Excerpted from Halima Taha

Dance in America/ Mardi Gras Still Life #1 The poetry and songs ofFrom the Artist My earliest prints at Brandywine [Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, in 1985] related to festivities such as Carnival (Brazil), Mardis Gras (New Orleans), Jonkonnu (Jamaica), and other Caribbean and American African based festivals, with their spectacular imagery and costumes. As in such festivals, my earlier prints were tinged with Eurocentric pageantry, costumes, and religions, although African ancestral imagery predominated. The