24.04. –
21.04.2025

(Un)Known Artists of the Amazon

curated by:

Claudia Augustat & Julianna Polodan Martins

Artists:

Luz Ye´kwana, Yamanuwá Waurá, Yaminalu Waurá, Watapa Waurá, Turuza Waurá, Talcana Waurá, Pakairu Waurá, Mayak Waurá, Mauka Waurá, Mapapalu Waurá, Kulai Waurá, Itsautake Waurá, Erica Waurá, Ayu Waurá, Apaiupi Waurá, Apahu Waurá, Amutu Waurá, Kayulu Trumai, Kawakanamu Mehinaku, Luiz Gomez Lana, Feliciano Lana, Konto Kuikuru, Taina Kamayurá, Jaider Esbell, Mahku Collective

This exhibition is a project jointly undertaken by the Weltmuseum Wien (WMW) and the private Museu de Arte Indígena (MAI) in Curitiba, Brazil. The show’s curators, Claudia Augustat (WMW) and Julianna Polodan Martins (MAI), engage these two museum collections in dialogue, reflecting thereby the manner in which autonomous works of art have evolved from functional and ritual objects.

Centred on Indigenous art from Brazil, the exhibition traces how public perception of this art has changed. Its makers have been considered rather as mere bearers of their respective communities and traditions, void of any kind of individuality – hence, unlike the MAI, which names almost all artists and to whom it also fosters ongoing relations, the WMW only rarely names the artists among its collections.

The visual references discernible in the most widely differing art forms, are remarkable. They highlight the fact that Indigenous Brazilian art – past and present – is informed by a principle of aesthetics running throughout the human world, thereby linking to the ecological and spiritual environment.

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24.04. –
21.04.2025

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