Artwork in gallery

Eixo Curatorial 2

2015

Claudia Andujar

Artwork: The Man, by Claudia Andujar. Inhotim Contemporary Art Collection. — View of the axis display *O homem*Claudia Andujar Gallery. Photo: Eduardo Eckenfels

The Claudia Andujar Gallery is divided into three conceptual axes: The Earth; Man; and Conflict. These terms refer to the division of the book... Os Sertões (1902), by Euclides da Cunha – The Land; The Man and The Struggle –, which narrates the events that followed the War of Canudos (1896-1897), in the interior of Bahia. Both the literary work and the works present in this space propose an interpretation of the relationship between men and women and the struggle for their rights and for the recognition of their territory.

The man

This large room was conceived as a field diary of the artist's immersion in Yanomami culture between 1971 and 1977. Here we see everyday images, such as life in the Yanomami. shabono (community house) and in urihi (land-forest), and also ceremonies, such as funeral rites, ingestion of yakoana (hallucinogenic plant), ceremonial preparation of food, dances and the reahu (large ceremony involving several communities).

The use of natural light, which symbolizes the world of xapiripë (ancestral spirits) evoked by shamans, is a key element of these works and also of this exhibition space. Like all the photographs in this gallery, the series Retratos It was made in the river region. Wakata-ú (Catrimani), where Claudia Andujar spent her longest periods living with the Yanomami in different villages.

On this axis, the following series are displayed: Casa; Floresta; Reahu; is Retratos.