JONATHAS DE ANDRADE, ZUMBI INCARNATED, 2014
Silkscreen on 7 pieces of coconut wood, and concrete plaque with engraved text, size 21x21cm
”An invitation to the Senegalese immigrant Abdou G. P., that recently had arrived in Brazil in 2014, to visit the lands of the Quilombo dos Palmares settlement and incorporate the myth of Zumbi, the legendary slave that resisted and escaped to be one of the leaders of the greatest Quilombo. Due to the lack of photo portraits of Zumbi dos Palmares in educational books in contrast with the presence of his drawing portraits, the project became interested in adding other images of one of the national heroes for Black Movement in the country. Zumbi Encarnado comes up through photography as a symbolic exercise of incorporating a body that represents resistance to those who arrived in Brazil coming from the Africa-Brazil route, even for those who are seeking for new life opportunities at this time.” - Jonathas de Andrade