Tag: Sonia Gomes
Textile as self-expression, struggle and care
By Adélia Borges Embroidery, crochet, knitting and all sorts of textile work were for a long time segregated, in social and artistic canons, to a docile and well-behaved femininity, restricted to the only space that would fit...
Mendes Wood DM opens exhibitions and prepares for new headquarters
Works by Sonia Gomes, Otobong Nkanga and Hariel Revignet mark the closing of the gallery at the address occupied for 11 years; heading to Barra Funda, a new space at Mendes Wood DM will be opened with exhibitions by Adriano Costa and Lucas Arruda
“Black Encyclopedia”: a book of many hands, minds and lives
Organized by Flávio dos Santos Gomes, Jaime Lauriano and Lilia Schwarcz, Enciclopédia Negra confronts the historiography that denies visibility to the contributions of black people; publication also unfolds in an exhibition at the Pinacoteca
