PEN has joined forces with online auction site Paddle8 for a unique benefit auction to support PEN Haiti. Artist Sébastien Jean, whose work has been shown at the Venice Biennale, has donated a series of paintings to benefit the new PEN Haiti Center. His imagined bestiary plays upon vodou, manga, and graffiti, a true testament to the complexity of life in 21st century Haiti. The new Résidence Georges Anglade was founded after PEN Haiti’s founder was killed in the 2010 earthquake. Situated in the hills above Port-au-Prince, the new PEN center offers a peaceful retreat for emerging writers and the cultivation of literary arts. Proceeds from the auction will help provide much-needed support to PEN Haiti.
Sébastien’s work will be featured along with works by artist Molly Crabapple, who has generously donated art to support the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.
Click here to support PEN Haiti and bid on the work of Sébastien Jean
Oil on paper. 20 7/8 X 39 1/2 inches. 53 X 100 cm.
Diptych. Oil on canvas.
Left image: 58 1/2 X 45 1/2 inches 149 X 138 cm
Right image: 58 X 45 1/2 inches 147 X 116 cm
Oil on paper. 20 7/8 X 39 1/2 inches 52 X 100 cm
Oil on canvas. 45 1/2 X 46 3/8 inches 116 X 118 cm
Oil on paper. 20 7/8 X 39 1/2 inches 52 X 100 cm
About the artist
Sébastien Jean has been supported by artists from different disciplines (Félicia Dell and Michel Chataigne, Mario Benjamin, Christian Raccurt and Reynal Lally), and he has enjoyed a rapid trajectory onto the international art scene: at the Fondation Agnès à Paris, the 54th Venice Biennale, and the Global Caribbean III at the Cultural Haitian Center of Miami. He has won multiple residencies at Cité des Arts in Paris and in Limoges, where he continues to expand and innovate in his work.
