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THE FONDATION CARTIER POUR L'ART CONTEMPORAIN AND THE SHED PRESENT THE NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT OF "THE YANOMAMI STRUGGLE"

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hervé Chandès, Artistic Managing Director of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain and Alex Poots, Artistic Director of The Shed, are pleased to announce the North American debut of The Yanomami Struggle, a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the collaboration and friendship between artist and activist Claudia Andujar and the Yanomami people, one of the largest Indigenous groups living in Amazonia today. On view February 3 – April 16, 2023 at The Shed in New York, the exhibition is curated by Thyago Nogueira, Head of Contemporary Photography at Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brazil (IMS), with the guidance of shaman and Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa. The show is organized by IMS, the Fondation Cartier, and The Shed in partnership with the Brazilian NGOs Hutukara Associação Yanomami and Instituto Socioambiental.

Key Points: 
  • The show is organized by IMS, the Fondation Cartier, and The Shed in partnership with the Brazilian NGOs Hutukara Associação Yanomami and Instituto Socioambiental.
  • Visitors will also encounter new video works by contemporary Yanomami filmmakers Aida Harika, Edmar Tokorino, Morzaniel Ɨramari, and Roseane Yariana.
  • The dialogue established between the contemporary Yanomami artists' work and Andujar's photographs offers an unprecedented vision of Yanomami culture, society, and visual art.
  • The protection of the land was followed by important health and educational programs and the creation of different Yanomami associations.