Antonio Obá investigates the influence and contradictions within the cultural construction of Brazil, giving rise to an act of resistance and reflection on the idea of national identity. Obá utilizes icons present in Brazilian culture as allusions to racial and political identity, exploring iconic historical and sometimes religious subjects within his sculpture, painting, installations, and performance. Obá’s own body is central to his research, questioning the eroticization of the black male body and the construction of his own identity.
Image courtesy of the artist.
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Works by Antonio Obá
Jardim Accessing a complex spectrum of overtones, the sounds of these bells signal a transmutation of histories into higher states. The sonic resonance of Antonio Obá’s Jardim, or garden, activates a discourse between realms of the living and spirit worlds, much like the universal, mystical practice in which the ringing of bells marks ritual time […]
September 26 – December 20
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