Exhibition · Punta della Dogana
Paulo Nazareth
Paulo Nazareth
Mar 24 – Nov 22
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About the show
Opens Sunday, March 29
Tickets available at tinyurl.com/2ursjy6c
On the upper level of the Punta della Dogana, Brazilian artist Paulo Nazareth invites visitors to follow him on his journeys. For more than fifteen years, he has been methodically travelling across the Americas and the African continent, walking mostly barefoot to step on the same soil and pay respect to his enslaved ancestors who were deprived of footwear as a symbol of subjugation. This ongoing performance reveals how colonial cartography and systemic racism have shaped the landscapes of modernity. The artist's deliberate, slow journeys transform travels into a form of storytelling, revealing how movement engraves stories into bodies, languages and borders. The exhibition draws on an exceptional group of works by the artist held by the Pinault Collection.
Curated by Fernanda Brenner, independent curator
About Punta della Dogana
Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana and the Teatrino undertake to guarantee the accessibility of the exhibitions and activities to all visitors, with or without disabilities. The three locations can be reached without architectural barriers from the San Samuele (Palazzo Grassi and Teatrino) and Salute (Punta della Dogana) vaporetto stop.
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