Exhibition Indumentárias de Orixás: Art, Myth and Fashion in the Afro-Brazilian Rite/Non-Hegemonic Contemporary Representativeness at the University

Representatividade Contemporânea Não Hegemônica na Universidade

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze and reflect on the non-hegemonic contemporary representativeness, based on the occupation carried out at the Arlindo Costa Pinto Gallery installed at the UNESP Arts Institute – “Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University” Campus São Paulo, located in the neighborhood from Barra Funda. The occupation brought to light the exhibition Indumentárias de Orixás: Arte, Mito e Moda no Rito Afro-Brasileiro, proposed by the artist and researcher Roberto Santos, being the result of research carried out during the academic master's degree between 2018 and 2021 in dialogue with his black art and experiences lived in candomblé and acting in museum spaces in the city of São Paulo. We assume that an exhibition with this theme permeates the paradigm before the hegemonic system of contemporary arts, once based on a marketing and distanced logic, proposing to university students and the general public, the approximation, the expansion of reflection and belonging to the which refers to the cultural, philosophical and festive aspects settled in the Brazilian diaspora by the Africans brought to Brazil during the period of transatlantic trafficking and trade through the mediation carried out by the artist researcher during the duration of the exhibition. Keywords: Contemporary Black Art. Orishas clothing. Black Costumes. Candomblé. Non-Hegemonic Contemporary Black Visual Arts.