"The whole universe is for us" says Fritz Ducheine - a statement he makes playfully and subscribes to seriously. Ducheine's conviction becomes evident when viewing his work: primarily paintings on canvas, but also ... moreThe Whole Universe
"The whole universe is for us" says Fritz Ducheine - a statement he makes playfully and subscribes to seriously. Ducheine's conviction becomes evident when viewing his work: primarily paintings on canvas, but also on found objects; drawings; and even the design of the red-and-green sign above the Haitian restaurant in which I sit to interview him in Brockton, Massachusetts, on a snowless December day, 2010.
About Me
Danielle Legros Georges is a poet, essayist, and an Associate Professor in the Creative Arts in Learning Division of Lesley University. Her recent essays include “An Unnaming: The Haitian Earthquake Metaphor" in Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts; and "Danticat's Dialogues: Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work" (review) in Women's Review of Books. She is the author of book of poems Maroon (Curbstone Press, 2001).
"The whole universe is for us" says Fritz Ducheine - a statement he makes playfully and subscribes to seriously. Ducheine's conviction becomes evident when viewing his work: primarily paintings on canvas, but also ... moreThe Whole Universe
"The whole universe is for us" says Fritz Ducheine - a statement he makes playfully and subscribes to seriously. Ducheine's conviction becomes evident when viewing his work: primarily paintings on canvas, but also on found objects; drawings; and even the design of the red-and-green sign above the Haitian restaurant in which I sit to interview him in Brockton, Massachusetts, on a snowless December day, 2010.