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Paulo Nazareth

Paulo Nazareth (b. 1977) is a Brazilian contemporary artist based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.[1] Nazareth has achieved acclaim for his distinctive approach to contemporary art. His work, which includes multimedia and performance-based pieces, has been exhibited internationally in venues such as the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Paulo Nazareth, born in 1977 in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is of Afro-Brazilian descent. Nazareth builds relationships with the diverse individuals he meets while traveling for his art—often long distances by foot—and these people often become the inspiration for his works of art.[5][failed verification]

In March 2011, he walked from Minas Gerais, Brazil to New York. This solo journey took him five months as he traveled thousands of miles north by foot. He never washed his bare feet, refraining only until he was able to ritualistically wash them in eastern New York's Hudson River.[6] The trip served as a form of performance, allowing him to gauge people's reactions as he passed through their towns and cities. He focused on their perceptions of his racial identity and appearance. [7][8]

Nazareth's work is included in the permanent collections of museums in his home country of Brazil and abroad in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro and the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.[9]

Education

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In 1990, Paulo Nazareth studied under Mestre Orlando, a folk artist from Bahia who had moved to Belo Horizonte, where he taught Nazareth the art of carving carrancas.[10]

Paulo Nazareth earned his BFA in 2005, and his MFA in 2006, both from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. In 2010, he returned to the university to study Linguistics. [11]

Artworks

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Paulo Nazareth's ethnic heritage and cultural background are major aspects in his works.[12] Through his art, he intends to bring awareness to global issues such as globalization, immigration, ethnicization, and the effects of capitalism in his home country of Brazil, and Latin America as a whole.[13] He primarily works in performance art, painting, and installation.[14][15]

One of the artist's most notable performance pieces is perhaps his 2011 work titled Banana Market, also known as Art Market, in which he initially attempted to carry a sack of bananas with him on foot from Latin America to an exhibition Art Basel in Miami, but the work was thwarted when there would be complications with bringing fruit across international borders.[16] Paulo then decided to display one ton of bananas (along with photos, drawings, and placards) in a Volkswagen bus at the exhibition in lieu of the performance.[17]

Nazareth's works often address decoloniality and the reemergence of subjugated forms of knowledge and memory. One recent example of such work is the "Tree of Forgetting," in which Nazareth walks backward and counter-clockwise around a tree in Benin in a reversal of the ritual in which captives of the Atlantic slave trade were forced to circle endlessly around particular trees in the hopes that they would forget their origins, culture, and history.[18]

Awards and grants

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As a part of his PIPA Prize awards in 2016, of which he won the two main categories (PIPA and Popular Vote Exhibition) Paulo Nazareth made another journey on foot from Belo Horizonte to New York to receive his award, then stayed in the state for the next three months for a residency at Residency Unlimited as part of his PIPA Prize award.

Exhibitions

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Paulo Nazareth's most recent solo and group exhibitions are Paulo Nazareth, Melee, ICA Miami, Miami (2019) and Lingua Solta, Museu da lingua Portuguesa, São Paulo, Brazil (2021).[20][21]

Select Solo Exhibitions[13]
Exhibition Organization Location Date
Nosotros los otros[22] Mendes Wood DM New York, New York 2022
Melee ICA Miami Miami, Florida 2019
A LA FLEUR DE LA PEAU Mendes Wood DM Brussels, Belgium 2019
PHAMBI KWENDLOVU Stevenson Gallery Cape Town, South Africa 2019
Faca Cega Museu de Arte da Pampulha Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2018
INNOMINATE Mendes Wood DM New York, New York 2017
Old Hope Mendes Wood DM São Paulo, Brazil 2017
Genocide in Americas Meyer Riegger Berlin, Germany 2015
The Journal Institute for Contemporary Arts London, United Kingdom 2014
Banderas Rotas Galleria Franco Noero Turin, Italy 2014
Veneza Neves Veneza, Riberão das Neves Minas Gerais, Brazil 2013
Premium Bananas Museu de Arte de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil 2012
News from Americas Mendes Wood DM São Paulo, Brazil 2012
Na impossibilidade de nomear Museu de Uberlândia Uberlândia, Brazil 2010
Paulo Nazareth LTDA[23] Porto Alegre, Brazil 2008
Untitled Museu de Arte de Pampulha Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2007
Gambiarreiro SESI-MINAS Minas Gerais, Brazil 2004
Select Group Exhibitions[13][24][25][26]
Exhibition Organization Location Date
Chosen Memories The Museum of Modern Art New York 2023
Língua Solta Museu da lingua Portuguesa São Paulo, Brazil 2021
Global(e) Resistance Centre Pompidou Paris, France 2020
Our Selfie MO Museum Vilnius, Lithuania 2019
EXTREME. NOMADS MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, 2018
Field Gate Remai Modern Sasktoon, Canada 2017
Much wider than a line SITE Santa Fe Santa Fe, USA 2016
Here There (Huna Hunak) QM Gallery Al Riwaq Doha, Qatar 2015
Imagine Brazil Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon Lyon, France 2014
The Encyclopedic Palace 55 Biennale di Venezia Venice, Italy 2013
Il va se passer quelque chose Maison de l’Amérique Latine Paris, France 2012
MYTHOLOGIES Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, France 2011
Por aqui forma tornam-se atitudes SESC Vila Mariana São Paulo, Brazil 2010
Pesta Seni Performa CCCL Surabaya, Indonesia 2009
Sobremesa de Queijos Museu Mineiro Minas Gerais, Brazil 2008
Multiparidade Palácio das Artes Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2007
Untitled International Video-Performance Art Festival Tallinn, Estonia 2005

References

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  1. ^ Manobras radicais : Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, 8 de agosto a 15 de outubro de 2006. Paulo Herkenhoff, Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda, Banco do Brasil. Centro Cultural. [São Paulo]: [Associação de Amigos do CCBB]. 2006. ISBN 85-98251-10-0. OCLC 77543318.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Cotter, Holland (June 8, 2023). "Latin American Artists Reinvent Their Histories". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Brazilian galleries showcase the range of artists from South America's biggest country during Frieze New York". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  4. ^ Lucas, Julian (2022-05-04). "A Visionary Show Moves Black History Beyond Borders". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  5. ^ "Paulo Nazareth: Melee | Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami". icamiami.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  6. ^ Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (19 March 2015). "The Walker | Frieze". Frieze (170). Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  7. ^ Basciano, Oliver (30 October 2014). "Paulo Nazareth". artreview.com. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  8. ^ Strecker, Márion (2015-11-05). "Sobre oprimidos, mestiços e migrantes". seLecT (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  9. ^ "Guarani-Asteca (Guaraní-Azteca) • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  10. ^ "Carrancas de Mestre Orlando e Paulo Narazeth". O Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  11. ^ "Paulo Nazareth". Artspace. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  12. ^ Dalley, Jan (2021-03-22). "From Picasso to Beeple: artists as pioneers". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  13. ^ a b c Wood, Mendes. "Paulo Nazareth: About". Mendes Wood DM. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  14. ^ Veneroso, Maria do Carmo Freitas (2013). "Notas sobre Paulo Nazareth: abordagens sobre a água". Revista da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (in Portuguese). 20 (2): 170–187. doi:10.35699/2316-770X.2013.2696. ISSN 2316-770X.
  15. ^ Sterzi, Eduardo (2021-02-09), Bessa, Antonio Sergio (ed.), "14. The Wanderer, the Earth: Nature and History in the Work of Sousândrade and Paulo Nazareth", Form and Feeling, Fordham University Press, pp. 225–246, doi:10.1515/9780823289134-015, ISBN 978-0-8232-8913-4, S2CID 233971224, retrieved 2021-05-11
  16. ^ Reiser, Emon (4 December 2015). "Artist Paulo Nazareth travels from Brazil to Art Basel Miami Beach using nothing but his feet and buses - South Florida Business Journal". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  17. ^ "Tiroche DeLeon Collection - Nazareth, Paulo b.1977 / Banana Market/ Art Market". www.tirochedeleon.com. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  18. ^ Ayuko, Tayo (17 March 2023). "Paulo Nazareth's Tree of Forgetting and the 'Great British' forgetting". www.counterfire.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  19. ^ a b c STEVENSON. "STEVENSON". STEVENSON. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  20. ^ Paulo Nazareth Melee. Alex Gartenfeld, Gean Moreno, Hirmer Verlag (1. Auflage ed.). München. 2021. ISBN 978-3-7774-3732-3. OCLC 1227036055.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. ^ Scott, Jesse (2019-05-15). "The Best Things to Do in Miami This Week". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  22. ^ "Nosotros los otros". Mendes Wood DM. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  23. ^ Sonstige, Nazareth, Paulo 1977- Ill. Diegues, Isabel Sonstige Mazzucchelli, Kiki (2012). Paulo Nazareth - arte contemporânea/LTDA. Cobogó. ISBN 978-85-60965-23-6. OCLC 1222579175.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu. "How to talk with birds, trees, fish, shells, snakes, bulls and lions". www.smb.museum. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  25. ^ The poetry in between : south-south = A poesia entre sul-sul : Igshaan Adams, Marcelo Cidade, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kendell Geers, David Goldblatt, Sonia Gomes, Haroon Gunn-Salie, William Kentridge, Moshekwa Langa, Turiya Magadlela, Thiago Martins de Melo, Cildo Meireles, Paulo Nazareth, Nuno Ramos, Ariel Reichman, Rosângela Rennó, Mikhael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse, Jeremy Wafer : Goodman Gallery Cape Town, 20 January-28 February 2015. A heteronymous reader = O leitor heterônimo. Clare Butcher, Carolyn H. Drake, Goodman Gallery Cape Town. Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa. 2015. ISBN 978-0-9870431-6-0. OCLC 953803833.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  26. ^ "The Chosen Memories Channel | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
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