The exhibition, Paul Gardère: Vantage Points, celebrates the life and work of the late Haitian, New York City-based artist Paul Gardère A’67. Installed over two floors of the historic landmark of the Stuyvesant-Fish House, this retrospective includes more than two dozen works from the artist’s 40+ year career. The 2024-25 Fish House exhibition is presented courtesy of the Estate of Paul Gardère with coordination by School of Art Dean Adriana Farmiga and Assistant Dean Yuri Masnyj. 

Vantage Points delivers a loosely chronological, condensed version of Gardère’s trajectory through a range of styles from the early 1970s to the late 2000s. Throughout this expansive body of paintings, mixed media works, and works on paper, there is a continuous thematic focus on the artist’s Haitian experience and Haitian culture, both in Haiti and in the diaspora. Gardère’s work frequently focuses on the legacies of colonialism—often signified by recognizable works and artists from art history—but reconstructed through his own novel approaches with diverse materiality, form, and technique.

The exhibition is on view at the Stuyvesant-Fish House, 21 Stuyvesant St, New York, NY 10003.

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