General Curatorship by Solange Farkas
2005 | Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia and Sala Walter da Silveira - Salvador, BA
More than just a physical element, the ocean that separates us from Africa is also a guardian of history, and a link between the two continents. The Atlantic Ocean, a slave trade route through which millions of Africans were forced to come to the American continent, was the starting point for the curatorship of the Mostra Pan-Africana de Arte Contemporânea (Pan-African Exhibition of Contemporary Art). The curatorship proposed dialogue and interchange between Brazil and the artistic output of African countries and of Afro-descendants. The exhibition was comprised of three categories – visual arts, thought, and cinema. The event took place at Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia (Bahia Museum of Modern Art) and at Sala Walter da Silveira (Walter da Silveira Salon), representing the diversity of art work and ideas both from Africa and the Black Diaspora nations.