Exhibition "Black Strike Now!"

O Museum of Art of Espírito Santo (MAES) gets the exposure Black Strike Now!, artist's project Luciano Feijãoin conjunction with Black Strike MovementThe exhibition presents an aesthetic investigation and political proposition that challenges the historical ways in which the Black body has been constructed, questioning scientific, anatomical, and normative paradigms that have sustained, and continue to sustain, structures of racial domination.

The exhibition stems from a problematization of the processes of Black subjectivities that have been systematically shaped by labor exploitation, the capitalist logic of value production, and institutional violence. In this sense, the works construct a critical arena that highlights how these mechanisms operate in maintaining inequalities and naturalizing the precariousness of Black life.

Bringing together drawings and installations, Greve Negra Já! (Black Strike Now!) is curated by Renato Lopes (SP) and presents a collection of works that challenge hegemonic models of representation, contrasting them with other ways of reading the body, existence, and Black experience. The works act as devices of confrontation, establishing a perspective that rejects imposed patterns and affirms the possibility of political reorganization.

The notion of strike, in the context of the exhibition, is constructed as an amplified field of action and a key element for thinking about radical changes. More than a suspension, it is an active stance, a strategic movement to annul the logics that transform the exploitation of the Black population into the norm. The exhibition highlights the centrality of the Black working class in the production of wealth, while simultaneously denouncing its systematic exclusion from access to that wealth.

By establishing a direct dialogue with the legacies of enslavement and their contemporary updates, Black Strike Now! asserts itself as a direct action of collective affirmation. Produced by Elaine Pinheiro, the exhibition proposes to the public a critical reflection on the various mechanisms that condition the exploitation of strictly Black labor and calls for the construction of a class consciousness guided by an Afrocentric perspective.

Educational program

Throughout the exhibition, educational activities will be held for the general public. These include drawing workshops and specific training for teachers in formal and non-formal education, led by Karenn Amorim, an art educator with a degree in Fine Arts and a master's degree in Arts from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, currently a doctoral candidate in Arts at the Postgraduate Program in Arts at the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

Service
Exhibition Black Strike Now!
From February 24th to April 26th
Tuesday to Friday, from 10am to 18pm; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 10am to 16pm