20/05/2025, 6:00 pm,

Münster Lecture with Jonathas de Andrade

, Kunstakademie Münster

As a prologue to the exhibition Olho da Rua [Out Loud], which opens on 23 May 2025 in the Stadthausgalerie, the Brazilian artist Jonathas de Andrade will give an insight into his work as part of the lecture series Münster Lectures at the Kunstakademie Münster.

In his installations, photographs and videos, Jonathas de Andrade deals with power dynamics and conflicts, particularly in north-east Brazil and in Recife, where he works and lives. The consequences of colonialism, slavery and modernist culture on Brazilian society play a decisive role. For his works, which are based on the production of images and texts, the artist used 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.

Further information on the Münster Lectures can be found here

The lecture will be held in English.

Jonathas de Andrade (born 1982 in Maceió, Brazil) lives and works in Recife, Brazil. 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.