Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato observed the world around him with quiet sensitivity, translating the colours and rhythms of the Brazilian countryside into tactile, geometric paintings. His earthy renderings of the hillsides and homes of Minas Gerais speak in deeply personal tones. Often using homemade pigments and textured surfaces, his works speak of lived experience and humble beauty.
Miriam Inez da Silva’s mystical, densely patterned paintings offer a cosmological vision where animals, humans, and spirits coexist in fluid harmony. With strong Afro-Brazilian influences, her work evokes sacred narratives and intuitive symbolism.
Ozias’s vibrant, otherworldly scenes often depict spiritual ecstasy and social utopia, while Mittarakis’s intuitive tapestries of domestic life and nature convey a poetic simplicity.
Mestre Didi was a sculptor, writer, Yoruba language scholar, and high priest of the Egungun ancestral cult in Itaparica, Bahia. His sculptures are inspired by the sacred objects used in Afro-Brazilian religions, especially those linked to the orisha Nanã. Made mostly from natural materials like straw, wood, and shells, his works are full of symbolic meaning. They often include shapes like birds, snakes, spears, and flames, drawing from Yoruba visual culture and telling stories from African spiritual traditions.
MAHKU (Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin) adds a powerful collective voice to this gathering. Their paintings are born from traditional songs and sacred knowledge, translating ancestral wisdom into expansive visual rhythms rooted in Indigenous cosmovision.
A dedicated room within the exhibition will be devoted to the work of Paulo Monteiro, whose paintings and sculptures form a vital counterpoint to the self-taught practices represented in Raízes. Though classically trained, Monteiro shares with these artists an instinctive, material-driven approach and a deep engagement with the Brazilian cultural landscape. His sinuous sculptural forms and gestural paintings echo the tactile sensibilities of figures like Lorenzato and Mestre Didi, while his formal experimentation resonates with the intuitive visual languages found throughout the show.
By including Monteiro, the exhibition highlights the diversity of artistic expression in Brazil.
