24/05/2025, 2:00 pm,

Artist talk with Jonathas de Andrade

, Stadthausgalerie Münster

At the beginning of the exhibition Olho da Rua [Out Loud] there will be a conversation between Jonathas de Andrade and Merle Radtke, director of the Kunsthalle Münster and curator of the exhibition, which will provide a deeper insight into the artist's work.

In his installations, photographs and videos, Jonathas de Andrade deals with power dynamics and conflicts, particularly in north-east Brazil and in Recife. The consequences of colonialism, slavery and modernist culture on Brazilian society play a decisive role. At the centre of the exhibition is Andrade's film Olho da Rua [Out Loud] (2022), in which Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed meets the streets of Recife, with the public space appearing as a place of community and agitation. For his film, the artist portrayed a temporary community of homeless people living in the city centre of Recife.

The artist talk will be held in English.

Jonathas de Andrade (born 1982 in Maceió, Brazil) lives and works in Recife, Brazil. He develops videos, photographs and installations based on the production of images and texts, using strategies that juxtapose fiction and reality, tradition and negotiation with local communities. Based on the artist's interests in social issues, his works incorporate the fields of language and anthropology as aspects that question the notion of truth, power, desire and the social imaginary. Individual exhibitions have included Jonathas de Andrade: Eye-Spark, Maat, Lisbon (2023) and Crac Alsace, France (2022); Pounce and Bounce, Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2023); In the hangover city, Mamam, Recife (2023); Staging Resistance, Foam Amsterdam (2022); One to One, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2019); The Fish, New Museum, New York (2017); The Power Plant, Toronto (2017); Visiones del Nordeste, Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2017); Museu do Homem do Nordeste, MAR: Museum of Art, Rio de Janeiro (2014–2015). He has also participated in group exhibitions such as the 16th Istanbul Biennial (2019); Artapes, MAXXI: National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome (2018); 32nd Sao Paulo Biennial (2016); Unfinished Conversations: New Work from the Collection, The Museum of Modern Art MoMA (2015); and Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, Guggenheim Museum, New York (2014). In 2022, Jonathas de Andrade presented a solo project for the Brazilian pa-vilion at the 59th Venice Biennale.