Contributions

  • São Paulo (Brazil : State). Pinacoteca do Estado - Contributor

Publication

2022 - Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Language

Portuguese

Word Count

31,250 words, Guess

Page Count

125 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCNX533.Z9 H472 2022

Alternate Titles

  • Yorùbáiano

Description

Ayrson Heraclito (Macaubas, 1968) operates at the crossroads between university teaching, visual arts. and acting as a ogã at a Jeje-Mahi candomble house. Working with materials such as: palm oil, jerked beef and sugar, he promotes a visibilitg scheme that respects the sacred while creating a poetics that does not separate between art and religions. Showing 63 works in photography, sculpture, installation. video, and performance, Ayrson Heráclito: Yorùbáiano brings a significant port of the artistœs production since 1994. Ayrson Heráclito presents the stories of several afro-diasporic deities and addresses the historical wounds of a country marked by a kind of violence that has generated social and racial inequalities. He thereby proposes healing covenants in order to try to overcome the wounds left over by colonialism. Ayrson Heraclito (Macaubas, 1968) operates at the crossroads between university teaching, visual arts. and acting as a ogã at a Jeje-Mahi candomble house. Working with materials such as: palm oil, jerked beef and sugar, he promotes a visibilitg scheme that respects the sacred while creating a poetics that does not separate between art and religions. Showing 63 works in photography, sculpture, installation. video, and performance, Ayrson Heráclito: Yorùbáiano brings a significant port of the artistœs production since 1994. Ayrson Heráclito presents the stories of several afro-diasporic deities and addresses the historical wounds of a country marked by a kind of violence that has generated social and racial inequalities. He thereby proposes healing covenants in order to try to overcome the wounds left over by colonialism.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Pina_

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