EXHIBITIONS
Bandits and Heroes, Poets and Saints -
Popular Art from the Northeast of Brazil
O Pelourinho! Popular Art from the
Historic Heart of Brazil
Exus and Orixas - Opening Doors to Brazil
Ayacucho - Tradition and Crisis in the
Popular Art of Peru
Cuadros from Pamplona Alta - Pictures by Women of Peru
Picturing Paradise – Cuadros from Peruvian Women as Visions of Hope
Stitching Stories of Miracles and Memories: Cuadros from Pamplona Alta
BANDITS & HEROES, POETS & SAINTS - POPULAR ART FROM THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL
Bandits & Heroes introduces the complex mixture of African, European and Amerindian influences that together have created the story of the northeast of Brazil. Beginning in the 16th century and for more than three hundred years, Portuguese colonizers brought enslaved Africans to work in fields, construct cities, and labor in mines. Despite the hardships of slavery, Africans brought with them to the new world a complex and rich worldview that influenced every aspect of daily life and helped to create the unique culture of today’s Northeast.
