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"Haitian art works are well known all over the world, Haiti is also well known for its art works and imaginative artists.Haitian art was formed by Georges Liautaud in 1950. . The religion of the Haitians where formed when slaves from different part of Africa where put to work together and hence their religion and culture fused together and led to the formation of the Voodoo mythology. Forced to convert into Catholicism the saves where not allowed to worship Voodoo mythology, the slaves incorporated Voodooist ideas into the images of Catholic saints. After the revolution ended though Voodoo didn't come up it remained hidden, Voodoo temples where filled with bright images and this created more ideas for artists.
Metal drum sculpture inspired from Voodoo mythology is the latest metal art brought forward to the world by the Haitians. Port-au-Prince is the capital for Haitian oil drum art. Mermaids, snakes, dragons, angels, devils and other beast are the main designs in Haitian oil drum art. Old oil drums once used for transporting chemicals and other products are brought at a lower rate. The work in Haitian art work is done by heating the drums and then cutting them making them into sheets and latter marking them with chalk and later cutting and designing them using ordinary tools.
Haitian art gallery is also well known all over the world.The Haitian art work is found from the cave walls by the Taino Indians.One of the famous art galleries of the Haitian art works is the Gallery arc en ciel, the gallery consist of a large collection of sculptures, wooden carvings and paintings. The Gallery arc en ciel museum also have a great deal of Haitian metal works that astonish anyone who visits the museum. The painting works that are done by the Haitians in a primitive way is known as the Naïve art paintings, they are quite unique showing the different aspects of their life and Voodoo mythology in a great interesting way.
The Haitian art work is not taught not at any school or in class they learn it from their fathers to forefathers and hence they do it in a more traditional way than in artistic way. Haiti's ethnic mixture of French Catholic and tribal roots have helped a lot in developing this art in a great deal giving it the needs of color style etc. Haitian artworks always have been successful and hence it helped the people in the locality to get a good living. The Haitian attraction to use bright colors can be seen in their all forms of art works and it is greatly seen in Haitian oil drum art as well. The paintings on the drums usually show landscapes, the struggles and the joy of the people, it also helps to learn the history and tradition of the people. Haitian wood carvers coax beautiful structures from native woods. The most spectacular Haitian art form is Drapo Voodoo or Voodoo Flag. The Voodoo Flag is made from beads and bright color clothes, satin or silk materials. The Voodoo Flag or the Drapo Voodoo is mainly used in religious ceremonies.
The new methods that are applied to Haitian oil drum art is to make in three dimensional by welding parts on to the drum and their by making the structures bigger and more bright by applying paint on it. This gives the Haitian oil drum art a better successive future. Moreover the raw materials that are used for the construction of Haitian metal sculptures are waste raw materials and hence the cost for making theses sculptures are quite low and the profit is good. Hence creativity helps to create a great deal by the Haiti's and the Haitian oil drum art.
