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Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle

Hundreds of independent art spaces were forced to close due to the Corona-crisis. We want to celebrate some artistic events that are right now sitting behind closed doors. This time: This show in the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, is the largest exhibition to date dedicated to the work of the Swiss-Brasilian photographer and activist Claudia Andujar. For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous groups.

Claudia Andujar, The young Susi Korihana thëri swimming, infrared film, Catrimani, Roraima, 1972–74. Courtesy of the Fondation Cartier.

by C&AL
Tue 7 Apr, 2020

This exhibition presents the work of Brazilian artist and activist Claudia Andujar who, for over five decades, photographed and accompanied the Yanomami, an indigenous people who live in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Brazil and Venezuela, in the struggle for their rights.

Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
261, Boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris, France.
www.fondationcartier.com

Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle, Installation View. Photo: Luc Boegly. Courtesy Fondation Cartier.

Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle, Installation View. Photo: Luc Boegly. Courtesy Fondation Cartier.

Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle, Installation View. Photo Luc Boegly. Courtesy Fondation Cartier.

Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle, Installation View. Photo Thibaut Voisin. Courtesy Fondation Cartier.

Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle, Installation View. Photo Thibaut Voisin. Courtesy Fondation Cartier.

Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle, Installation View. Photo: Thibaut Voisin. Courtesy Fondation Cartier.

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