Pavilion of Mozambique @ La Biennale di Venezia 58th edition

Africa Business, 25 March 2019
The National Pavilion of Mozambique aims to show, through a contemporary perspective, the troubled past of the nation and its influences in today’s society.
 
Working with different mediums, Gonçalo Mabunda, Mauro Pinto and Filipe Branquinho, bring to this exhibition a dialogical conversation on violence, corruption and social injustice.
 
Grew up in a post-colonial period during which the country was engulfed in a long civil war, the artists investigate contemporary politics and popular culture, underpinned by a poetic and sometimes humorous accent. Attentive to what happens around them, particularly to the deeper dimensions of the human experience, their work speaks to our most empathic feelings.
 
Pre-Opening: May 9-10, 2019
Press Preview and Opening Ceremony: May 9, 5 pm
Palazzo Mora, Strada Nuova 3659, 30121 Venezia
 
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Artists
Gonçalo Mabunda
Mauro Pinto
Filipe Branquinho
 
Curator
Lidija Kostic Khachatourian
 
Commissioners
Hon. Silva Armando Dunduru Domingos do Rosário Artur Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Mozambique
 
Producers
Akka Project Venezia
 
Supporters
Africa Legal Network
Abu Dhabi Securities
The artists will be in Venice during the opening week.
 
Gonçalo Mabunda, It’s Shining, 2017
Gonçalo Mabunda, It’s Shining, 2017