The show features productions from peoples of the Xingu, south of the amazon, eastern amazon, Calha Norte and Northwest Amazon, gathering 29 ethnicities, in addition to photographs and videos by Rafael Costa
The collection BEĨ debut your next exhibition in the city of Cuiabá, in Mato Grosso, day 03 November, a partir the 19h, at Foot Wash Gallery. The curatorship of the show, signed by Marisa Moreira Salles and Tomas Alvim, met 86 banks of 29 ethnicities, composing a representative cut of the diversity and sophistication of the production of indigenous banks in Brazil. Among the ethnicities are Karajá, Sater-Maw, Toucan, Xipaya, Wealth, tapirapé, Yudja and Tiryó and other. Admission is free and the exhibition will be available for visitation until 24 March 2023.
“The set of benches presented here reveals the dialectic between art and artifact, the sacred object and the commodity, tradition and experimentation. Although they have symbolic and ritualistic weight, they also respond to the demand of buyers and collectors; are models manufactured with ancient techniques, transmitted from generation to generation, but they are also unique works, in which it is possible to recognize not only the culture from which they, but also the unique style of the one who carved them – the author’s mark, not to be confused with the group”, comments curator Marisa Moreira Salles.
It is the first time that the city of Cuiabá receives the collection of the, that was born from an aesthetic fascination with the beauty of the, colors and graphics of Brazilian indigenous benches. A curiosity about the production of the works is that they are carved from a single trunk of wood and painted with natural resins., like ingá mixed with charcoal powder and annatto. The graphics and format of the pieces mirror the cultural universe and cosmology of each ethnic group that created them.. The benches are geometric or zoomorphic, reflecting the diversity of the fauna of the regions from which they come.
“The preservation of traditional and primitive patterns of production reveals the extreme aesthetic sophistication of the civilizations that flourished in pre-colonial Brazil.. In this way, from this single object, the bank, one can reconstruct all the variety, the diversity and refinement of Brazilian ancestral cultures that remain alive”, complements the curator Tomas Alvim.
The exhibition in Cuiabá is carried out through the Federal Law of Incentive to Culture, sponsored by CBMM, support from the Secretary of State for Education, Secretary of State for Culture, leisure and sport, from the BEĨ Collection and BEĨ Publishing.
About the BEĨ Collection
The BEĨ Collection of indigenous benches covers more than 700 pieces from people from different regions: Upper and Lower Xingu, southern Amazon/Midwest, northern Pará and Guianas and northwest Amazon. Seats combine functionality and beauty; while being recognized as objects of art and design, preserve their religious and symbolic dimension: carved in wood, often in animal shapes, decorated with graphics or colored with different pigments, they mirror the cultural universe and the cosmology of the ethnicities that create them. Due to its scope and importance, the BEĨ Collection is today a reference in Brazilian indigenous art. Its banks have been exposed in institutions in Brazil and around the world, contributing to open new horizons for reflection on the complex interrelationships between traditional arts and contemporary culture.
About Lava Feet Gallery
Inaugurated in 28 October 2015, the Lava Pés Arts Gallery is another cultural facility in Cuiabá. Located on the ground floor of the Secretary of State for Culture, Sports and leisure (Shekel), the space has 350 square meters of area and is equipped to receive exhibitions in the most varied supports, from canvases to sculptures and video installations, among others. The venue, free access, There are also men's and women's restrooms..
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Indigenous Banks of Brazil at Lava Pés Gallery
Opening: 03 November 2022, the 7:0 pm to 10:0 pm
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Address: Av. Jose Monteiro de Figueiredo, 510 – Duque de Caxias, Cuiabá – MT
Opening time: Monday to Friday, from 08h to 18h
Visitation period: 04/11/2022 until 03/24/2023
EIB collection information: www.colecaobei.com.br | colecaobei@bei.com.br