Curated by Claudinei Roberto da Silva, Mãos: 35 anos da Mão Afro-Brasileira offers a fresh perspective on the 1988 exhibition, featuring both original pieces and contemporary updates from popular, academic, modern, and contemporary artists.
View of the exhibition “Mãos: 35 anos da Mão Afro-Brasileira”, MAM. Photo: Renato Parada
Running until March 2024, Mãos: 35 anos da Mão Afro-Brasileira was simultaneously hosted by MAM São Paulo and Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo. The exhibition was curated by Claudinei Roberto da Silva—a curator, artist, member of the MAM Arts Commission, and guest curator for the MAB Emanoel Araujo.
Mãos: 35 anos da Mão Afro-Brasileira brings together paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and documents from over 30 Afro-Brazilian artists, including popular, academic, modern, and contemporary figures such as Mestre Didi, Rommulo Vieira Conceição, Rosana Paulino, and Rubem Valentim, among others. The exhibition revisits and builds upon the legacy of A Mão Afro-Brasileira, first held at MAM in 1988—the year marking the centenary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil—with Emanoel Araujo as curator.
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Unknown Artist, Ex-voto, (n.d.). Collection of the Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo. Photo: Renato Parada
Aline Bispo, Moça, 2021. Collection of Galeria Luis Maluf. Photo: Renato Parada
"The current rise and recognition of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-diasporic art are driven by the ongoing civil rights struggles led by Black Brazilians," remarked curator Claudinei Roberto da Silva.
Renata Felinto, Marginals, 2000. Collection of the Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo. Photo: Renato Parada
"The exhibition celebrates the symbolic production of those who have long been marginalized in the official narratives of institutions that have dominated art discussions for the past 150 years,” commented Cauê Alves, chief curator of MAM.
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