Cassera Arts Premiers Vancouver Presents:

VODU
Traditional Ritual Art and Artifacts

7/13/12 - 8/3/12
Press Preview By appointment only Thursday 12th, July 2012
Opening Preview & Reception Friday 13th, July 2012 5-10pm

Foot of Main Gallery
119 Main Street @ Alexander
Vancouver, BC Canada

Begining Friday the 13th of July, Cassera Arts Premiers Gallery (New York City and La Conner, Washington) will exhibit a selection of traditional art pieces from Africa, Oceania and the Americas all which have been created and used for ritualistic purposes. The title 'Vodu', also known as Voodoo, Vodou etc. is used to describe the particular animist religious objects that have magical powers. The exhibition theme is broad and covers a gambit of cultural objects ranging from West African Fetishes used for healing and protection from evil to Greenland Tupilaq carved avenging figures fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism.

RSVP: casseranyc@gmail.com or phone 310-691-9391