Bahia Reverb: Artists and Place at Art + Practice presents the work of ten artists who are former fellows at the Sacatar Institute in Bahia, Brazil—all from North America and of African descent. The exhibition reflects on how Bahia, an epicenter of the African diaspora that is located in northeast Brazil, has fueled their work and changed their understanding of themselves. Bahia was the first point of entry of enslaved Africans into the Americas and remains the center of Afro-Brazilian culture to this day.
Focusing on each artist’s process, the exhibition features a range of media—including installation, work on paper, video, painting, textile, watercolor, and mixed media— initiated either before, during, or after the artists’ residencies at the Sacatar Institute. Bahia Reverb: Artists and Place reflects on how these experiences shaped their visions and impacted their practice as they engaged in myriad ways with the richness and cultural power of Bahia.
Though the artists’ backgrounds and approaches vary, many overlapping concepts and narratives reappear throughout the exhibition. Collectively the artworks illustrate questions of Afro-Brazilian histories and respond to the legacies of African colonialism and diaspora, dealing with issues of displacement, forced migration, faith, environmental justice, and inequality. Bahia Reverb: Artists and Place is curated by Bia Gayotto, independent curator, artist, and writer, and is co-presented by CAAM and A+P as part of CAAM at A+P, a five-year collaboration.
The work of textile artist Karen Hampton is included in the exhibition.
Other artists whose work appears in the exhibition are Sandra Brewster, Gerald Cyrus, Rik Freeman, Juan Erman Gonzalez, Mark Steven Greenfield, Germaine Ingram, Francis Tre Lawrence, Precious Lovell, and Tim Whiten.
Curatorial Walkthrough:
Bahia Reverb Curator Bia Gayotto provides a tour of the exhibition.
Tuesday, November 7, 2-3pm
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