Descripción de la Exposición
More than 30 artists participate in the group exhibition The Right to Form, in a dialogue with the collection of Instituto Inhotim, which has been formed through new acquisitions with a focus on the production of Black authors. The exhibition presents an overview of the production by Black artists from different periods.
“The right to formal inquiry is the starting point of the works that occupy the space. Whether in consonance or in opposition, these works reposition a discussion about Black-authored art, which has been closely related, in recent years, to figuration. Anchored in diverse research, the exhibition offers an overview of the art currently produced in the country and abroad, showing itself as a place for debate and narrative constructions for another history of art in Brazil", explains Deri Andrade, co-curator of The Right to Form.
Amidst the absences and presences within the collection itself, it is evident that for the Black artist the possibilities are manifold. In works that sometimes touch, draw near and drift apart, these nuances are placed side by side, straining and reactivating discussions on what has been understood about the art produced by Black people in the country of the white Brazilian canon.
Sixty works were selected for this exhibition, among them, the video documentary Orí (1989) by Raquel Gerber, about the historian, Black movement activist and intellectual Beatriz Nascimento, which is one of the starting points of the group show, and the installation commissioned by Instituto Inhotim Dança dos Mortos Egunguns (2023) by Eneida Sanches. The Right to Form encompasses an artistic production where propositions related to form have been investigated with regard to themes concerning the Abdias Nascimento and the Black Art Museum Program, which occupies Inhotim's calendar from 2021 to 2024.
Artists in the exhibition The Right to Form
André Vargas, Antonio Tarsis, Ayrson Heráclito, Ana Cláudia Almeida, André Ricardo, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Cipriano, Edival Ramosa, Edu Silva, Emanoel Araujo, Eneida Sanches, Iagor Peres, Isa do Rosário, Igshaan Adams, Helô Sanvoy, Jabulani Dhlamini, Juliana dos Santos, Lucia Laguna, Luana Vitra, Marcel Diogo, Mestre Didi, M0XC4, Mulambö, Rommulo Vieira Conceição, Siwaju Lima, Rubem Valentim, Raquel Gerber, Rebeca Carapiá, Sônia Gomes, Tadáskía, Thiago Costa and Yhuri Cruz.
Exposición. 13 dic de 2024 - 04 may de 2025 / CAAC - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo / Sevilla, España
Formación. 01 oct de 2024 - 04 abr de 2025 / PHotoEspaña / Madrid, España
