WE ARE NOT ONE, WE ARE VARIOUS | 2016

The over 1,100 names that appear in this work display the impact of what became known as the discovery of Brazil. The greatest part of these indigenous peoples is no longer among us. Ethnicities are arranged by territorial location, in accordance with the Museu do Índio’s 1998 listing.

• China ink on verso of visiting cards that belonged to my parents
• 220 x 230 cm
• EXHIBITIONS: 'May our name not be forgotten’, Galeria Anita Schwartz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / ‘Entre céu e água’, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  

Photo: Wilton Montenegro