O Fio das Missangas 2015
Solo Exhibition — A Sul. O Sombreiro
October 14 — November 27, 2016
MAAN Luanda, Angola
Beeswax and artificial hair on paper,
wooden frames with 1 cm distance to drawings, (20x) 282 x 210 cm. Luanda, Angola
Hair as reference to history, German history — the legacy of the Herero and Namaqua genocide which took place in former German South-West Africa and the Holocaust. As well as reference
to Angolan history — the destiny of traded men, women and children who left the Angolan coast.
Hair as part of the human body, every
single hair a destiny, an attempt to visualise individual suffering. Beeswax is a product of highly organized common labour, a natural product which is beside candel making used for epilation, which is a painful process. Tearing
out single hair with its root out of the human skin.