IMPASSE

The exhibition IMPASSE by Paulo Nazareth explores themes of traumatic memory, resistance, and the erasure of Black and Indigenous identities in the Americas. Nazareth's work is rooted in movement, transforming displacement into a method of artistic production. The exhibition features objects that serve as testimonies, archaeological vestiges, political documents, and rituals of survival, revealing suppressed ancestral cosmologies and revolts.

Key works include "Botocudos Heritage," which revisits colonial archives by returning images to contemporary descendants, disrupting colonial authority. "Amor de Mãe" highlights maternal presence as a symbol of resilience. The "Patuá" series transforms amulets into talismans against forgetting, exploring cultural violence embedded in language. "Ovo de Colombo" sculptures encapsulate commodified objects, and paintings on wooden gamelas depict erased histories of resistance. The exhibition also includes Queen Belinha, a matriarch of the Guarda de Moçambique, who embodies a living archive of memory and spirituality.