The Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the Museum of the Secretary of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo inaugurate this Saturday, April 2, the exhibition “Ayrson Heráclito: Yorùbáiano”, a comprehensive solo exhibition of Portas Vilaseca Galeria represented artist Ayrson Heráclito.
Originally conceived for MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio in 2021, the São Paulo version of the show take place on the fourth floor of the Pinacoteca Estação and is curated by Amanda Bonan, Ana Maria Maia and Marcelo Campos. At the opening, the public will be able to watch the performance “Inner Secrets” (1994-2010).
Ayrson Heráclito represents the great poetic and political reinvention of a Yoruban Brazil. Visual artist, curator, professor and PhD in Communication and Semiotics from PUC-SP, the Bahia-born artist brings to Pina Estação the power of African mythologies that arrived in Brazil during the diaspora.
The works in the space articulate different cultures, ranging from Yoruban, Nagôs and Jejes myths, to a unique cultural amalgam of ancestral knowledge, teachings, tales, rites and different views of the world that are part of the religious and cultural matrices of Candomblé. Split into three rooms, the show connects three organic materials that, according to the artist, compose historically and symbolically the “diasporic cultural body”: sugar, palm oil and jerked beef.
“Ayrson Heráclito: Yorùbáiano” has the support of Portas Vilaseca Galeria and runs until August. Don’t miss it!
Click here and download our PDF catalogue, which features a special selection of works that will be on display at Pina Estação.
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INFO
“AYRSON HERÁCLITO: YOURÙBÁIANO”
Curated by: Amanda Bonan, Ana Maria Maia and Marcelo Campos
Opening: April 2, 2022, Saturday, 11 am
Exhibition period: April 2nd to August 22nd, 2022
Where: Pinacoteca Estação (Largo General Osório, 66 – Luz – São Paulo – SP)
Visiting times: 10 am to 6 pm, Mondays to Saturdays
Free admission