Being an Event of Love
ed. by Amal Alhaag, Aude Christel Mgba, Soh Ben Ndikung …[et al.]
- Editor(s)
- Amal Alhaag, Aude Christel Mgba, Soh Ben Ndikung …[et al.]
- Publication
- Berlin ; Dakar ; Milan : Archive Books, 2021
- Scope
- 144 Pages, illustrated, 22 cm.
- ISBN
- 9783949973079
The life and work of the Afro-Brazilian writer, scholar, dramatist, artist, and activist Abdias Nascimento (1914-2011) is a testament to his active commitment to Black expression and solidarity, both artistically and politically. Nascimento, a Pan-African activist, organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946) and the 1st Congress of Brazilian Blacks four years later. During the same period, he founded the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum project (1950), both in Rio de Janeiro. While curating the latter, he began to develop his own creative work.This publication is one out of three, accompanying the exhibition ‘Sedje Hémon / Imran Mir / Abdias Nascimento : Abstracting Parables’ at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1 Jul until 16 Oct 2022). The exhibition - framed within the quadrennial sonsbeek 20->24 - brought together the works of Dutch-Jewish painter and composer Sedje Hémon (1923-2011), Abdias Nascimento (1914-2011), and Pakistani artist and designer Imran Mir (1950-2014), presenting three distinct historical voices and artistic positions, each proposing understandings of how abstraction can be translated into multiple and complex languages.
- Person as subject
- Abdias Nascimento, Sedje Hémon, Imran Mir
- Keywords
- racism , critical aesthetics , decolonisation , engagement , black art
- Geographical location
- Brazil
- Location
- Cabinet 6 - 1: Kunstenaars
- Extra themes
- Black Art and Culture
- Remarks
- Includes notes, glossary, biographies
