ExhibitionSeptember 18, 2023
Gustavo Nazareno: Bará. Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo
The Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo opened its 2023 Exhibition Program with Bará by Gustavo Nazareno (1994, Três Pontas/ Minas Gerais), his first solo exhibition in a major institution in São Paulo.
The exhibition, curated by Deri Andrade, presents about 150 works, including oils on canvas and charcoal drawings that reflect the research the artist has dedicated himself to in recent years. In 2019, Nazareno made a series of drawings called Bará that allude to an offering to a quality of Exu - Elegbara. Between fables, legends, and his faith in Exu, the artist proposes a narrative in which the viewer can travel through a world created by the Orixás. The exhibition goes through the different phases of the day and the characteristics of the space represented in the works.
Deri Andrade affirms that the starting point is the artist's particular technique, which starts from a Renaissance reference and his interest in the epistemologies of the Orixás. "Beyond a religious question, Gustavo Nazareno imagines images that tell a story from the fables he writes, taking as a starting point the respectful and beautiful referencing of these entities, building a new imaginary for them," concludes the curator. For Andrade, Nazareno creates new discourses that reimagine these religious entities.
The exhibition, curated by Deri Andrade, presents about 150 works, including oils on canvas and charcoal drawings that reflect the research the artist has dedicated himself to in recent years. In 2019, Nazareno made a series of drawings called Bará that allude to an offering to a quality of Exu - Elegbara. Between fables, legends, and his faith in Exu, the artist proposes a narrative in which the viewer can travel through a world created by the Orixás. The exhibition goes through the different phases of the day and the characteristics of the space represented in the works.
Deri Andrade affirms that the starting point is the artist's particular technique, which starts from a Renaissance reference and his interest in the epistemologies of the Orixás. "Beyond a religious question, Gustavo Nazareno imagines images that tell a story from the fables he writes, taking as a starting point the respectful and beautiful referencing of these entities, building a new imaginary for them," concludes the curator. For Andrade, Nazareno creates new discourses that reimagine these religious entities.
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