About the Event
The Brazilian artist Jaime Lauriano will present the 2021 Black Encyclopedia which he organized with the anthropologist Lilia M. Schwarcz and historian Flávio Gomes. The result of seven years’ research, this project seeks to redress the invisibility of Black protagonists in Brazilian history. The encyclopedia compiles 417 entries focusing on more than 550 Black people in Brazil from the colonial times to the present day. Along with the publication, an eponymous exhibition showcasing 103 works made by 36 contemporary Black artists opened in May 2021 at the Pinacoteca of São Paulo.
Talk in Brazilian Portuguese. Simultaneous English interpretation will be provided.
Date: April 12, 2022
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Rice University | Herring Hall 100
Registration: Register for Event
Artist’s Website: Jaime Lauriano
The event is co-sponsored by the Rice University Department of Art History and Humanities Research Center and is organized by Lynne Lee, Ph.D. student in Art History at Rice University.
About the Artist
Jaime Lauriano is a multimedia artist who lives and works in Porto, Portugal and São Paulo, Brazil. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Brazil as well as in Miami, Viena, Cape Town, and Bamako. He was one of the winners of the 2017 edition of Marcantonio Vilaça, a prestigious art prize in Brazil, and he is currently represented by Galeria Leme. His works are often based on archival research and examine the structures of power that underlie the production of history. Through deceptively minimalist creations, Lauriano explores the mechanism behind state control and institutional power–involving police force, prisons, and borders–and how they have shaped contemporary society. He is interested in propaganda films and the impact of visual narratives on the public imagination. His broader artistic project aims at revising our current understanding of history from a more inclusive and collective perspective.
