Everything seems essential. At this point in her career photography, she put her artistic project aside and used photography primarily as a means to raise awareness and support her cause. January 30 Claudia Andujar was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1931 and currently lives and works in São Paolo. January 30 Claudia Andujar huyó con su madre a Switzlerand, emigró primero a los Estados Unidos en 1946, luego a Brasil en 1955, donde comenzó una carrera como fotoperiodista. It is the largest exhibition to date dedicated to the work and activism of Brazilian artist Claudia Andujar. Entre ellos, la Fondation Cartier, quien reabrirá sus puertas con la exposición Claudia Andujar, La lucha Yanomami. The photographs she made during this period show how she experimented with a variety of photographic techniques in an attempt to visually translate the shamanic culture of the Yanomami. And thanks to Claudia Andujar, the Brazilian photographer born (Claudine Haas) in Switzerland in 1931, who fled Europe and her father’s extermination in Dachau, we can discover … Claudia Andujar fled with her mother to Switzlerand, immigrated first to the United States in 1946, then to Brazil in 1955 where she began a career as a photojournalist. The exhibition will explore Claudia Andujar’s extraordinary contribution to the art of photography as … Exhibition Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle at the Fondation Cartier, 2020 © Luc Boegly In these photographs, Andujar captures the various aspects of the Yanomami intercommunity and funerary ritual called reahu, developing different ways of … The first section presents the photographs from her first seven years living with the Yanomami, showing how she grappled with the challenges of visually interpreting a complex culture. I did not know how to fight against politicians, against the non indigenous people. The photographs she made during this period show how she experimented with a variety of photographic techniques in an attempt to visually translate the shamanic culture of the Yanomami. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, From This exhibition presents the work of Brazilian artist and activist Claudia Andujar who, for over five decades, photographed and accompanied the Yanomami, This situation reminded her of the genocide in Europe, and its impact on her was such that she decided to deepen her commitment to the Yanomami struggle. The exhibition will explore Claudia Andujar’s extraordinary contribution to the art of photography as well as her major role as a human rights activist in the defense of the Yanomami. It is very important for all of you to see the work she did. The explosive force of her photography remains relevant today in view of the renewed threats facing the Yanomami and the Amazon basin. It is very important for all of you to see the work she did. In the exhibition, we will present previously unseen photographs from this series. “The Yanomami Struggle” - the exhibition recently reopened at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris (closing date September 13th, 2020) - focuses on the meteoric work by the photographer and militant Claudia Andujar (b. Switzerland, 1931), whose life and career have been devoted to the defense of the Yanomami Brazilian tribe. Essays by Claudia Andujar, Thyago Nogueira and Bruce Albert. She explained things to me like my own mother would. Located in Paris, the Fondation ... Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle From 17 October 2020 to 7 February 2021. Curated by Thyago Nogueira, Head of the Contemporary Photography Department at Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil, with the support of Valentina Tong, Leanne Sacramone and Juliette Lecorne, the exhibition is a retrospective marking the long-standing relationship between the photographer and Fondation Cartier. I am connected to the indigenous, to the land, to the primary struggle. It was good that she gave me the bow and arrow as a weapon, not for killing whites but for speaking in defense of the Yanomami people. to The Fondation Cartier is pleased to announce the presence of Claudia Andujar, Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert and Thyago Nogueira at the exhibition’s opening events. In the early 70s, Brazil’s military dictatorship launches a program that aims to open up the Amazon and exploit its resources for logging, ranching, mining and other purposes. • Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle is at the Fondation Cartier, Paris, 30 January – 10 May. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Fondation Cartier will publish the catalogue in both French and English, presenting the artist’s photographs as well as excerpts from her notebooks and Yanomami drawings. Artists and contributors of the exhibition: Discover an interactive map dedicated to the garden 24 trees species. I was driven there, to the Amazon jungle, for this reason. Italy. For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous group. To further develop the exhibition Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle, the website https://claudia-andujar.fondationcartier.comtakes visitors into the universe of Brazilian photographer Claudia Andujar and reveal her commitment to defending the rights of the Yanomami Indians. The Fondation Cartier welcomes Claudia Andujar and her “The Yanomami Struggle” exhibition. She arrived at the Catrimani mission. Thyago Nogueira, Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle (Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, 2020). Based on four years of research in the photographer's archive, this new exhibition curated by Thyago Nogueira for the Instituto Moreira Salles in Brazil, will focus on her work from this period, bringing together over three hundred photographs, a series of Yanomami drawings as well as her audiovisual installation Genocide of the Yanomami: Death of Brazil. Courtesy the artist and Fondation Cartier, Paris In an adjoining room, the audiovisual installation Genocidio do Yanomami: morte do Brasil (1989/2018) acts as a coda to the exhibition. You have never visited them, but they are present here. The Night Vision 20/20 app joins Sze’s two original … Perhaps I have always searched for the answer to the meaning of life in this essential core. She took photographs of childbirth, of women, of children. In 1992, following the campaign led by Claudia Andujar, Carlo Zacquini, Bruce Albert and the Yanomami shaman and spokesman, Davi Kopenawa, the Brazilian government agreed to legally demarcate Yanomami territory. September 13, 2020. In the early 80s Claudia Andujar took a series of black-and-white portraits of the Yanomami as part of a vaccination campaign. Claudia Andujar fled with her mother to Switzlerand, immigrated first to the United States in 1946, then to Brazil in 1955 where she began a career as a photojournalist. For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous group. Andujar’s art and activism are being celebrated in an extensive retrospective, Claudia Andujar: La Lutte Yanomami (“The Yanomami Struggle”), of more than 350 of her still and moving images, at Paris’s Fondation Cartier, curated by Thyago Nogueira, head of contemporary photography for … My people are in them. The largest exhibition ever devoted to the work of the great Brazilian artist, Claudia Andujar, who, since the 1970s, ... Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, 2019. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain and Triennale Milano are pleased to announce the exhibition that will inaugurate their partnership "Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle", curated by Thyago Nogueira for the Instituto Moreira Salles - IMS in Brazil.. For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous group. It is important to me and to you, your sons and daughters, young adults, children to learn to see and respect my Yanomami people of Brazil who have lived in this land for many years. Those who do not know the Yanomami will know them through these images. Milán respirará cultura gracias a la colaboración entre la Fundación Cartier y la Trienal de Milán, que comienza con la exposición de fotografía Claudia Andújar, The Yanomami Struggle, dedicada al trabajo de esta artista brasileña volcada en la defensa de uno de los mayores grupos indígenas del país carioca.“Durante ocho años, Triennale Milano y la Fondation Cartier … Andujar produced some of her most indelible work during this period, including the installation on display at the Fondation Cartier—a sort of illustrated time line, accompanied by a haunting mix of Yanomami chants, that lays out the gradual degradation of Yanomami culture caused by the stress of Western meddling. She later revisited these portraits and created the Marcados series, which reveal the ambiguity inherent in this act of labelling even if it is ultimately for their survival. Milan, For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous group. This situation reminded her of the genocide in Europe, and its impact on her was such that she decided to deepen her commitment to the Yanomami struggle. Now closed to coronavirus, the exhibition can be seen here Topics Milan, It is important to me and to you, your sons and daughters, young adults, children to learn to see and respect my Yanomami people of Brazil who have lived in this land for many years. Italy. Claudia Andujar se reunió por primera vez con los yanomami en 1971 mientras trabajaba en un artículo sobre la revista Amazon for Realidade. With texts by Claudia Andujar, Thyago Nogueira and Bruce Albert, it will feature a map of Yanomami territory as well as a timeline documenting the artist’s life and the history of the Yanomami people. Triennale Milano, The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is pleased to announce the largest exhibition to date dedicated to the work of Claudia Andujar. Find out more. Perhaps I have always searched for the answer to the meaning of life in this essential core. A retrospective at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle, held on Andujar’s eighty-ninth year, almost half a decade since she first began working with the Yanomami, allows for a reflection on the evolution of her practice in an exhibition spanning two floors of the light-filled, almost translucent, space. She thus initiated a drawing project, equipping members of the community with markers and paper. Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain and Triennale Milano are pleased to announce the exhibition that will inaugurate their partnership "Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle", curated by Thyago Nogueira for the Instituto Moreira Salles - IMS in Brazil.. You have never visited them, but they are present here. Image caption The Yanomami burn down their malocas after they migrate, in the event that they wish to get rid of a plague or if an vital chief dies. The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presented her work for the first time in 2003 in … Claudia Andújar “La Lutte Yanomami” Fondation Cartier Paris. Opening at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is an exhibition by Swiss-born Brazilian photographer an activist Claudia Andujar. Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle by Claudia Andujar, Thyago Nogueira, Bruce Albert - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain From January to September 2020, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presents the first large European retrospective devoted to photographer Claudia An The construction of a transcontinental highway in the Amazon, initiated by Brazil’s military government, opened up the region to deforestation as well as invasive agricultural programs, bringing epidemics to the Yanomami and leading to the annihilation of entire communities. ... Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, París. For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous group. Published by Fondation Cartier our l’art contemporain, with Thames & Hudson, copyright 2020. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Fondation Cartier will publish the catalogue in both French and English, presenting the artist’s photographs as well as excerpts from her notebooks and Yanomami drawings. By the late 1970s, Claudia Andujar had reached a turning point in her career. From June 16 to September 13, 2020, discover the Yanomami people and … She explained things to me like my own mother would. Link in bio Until the 10th of may. The way one would plant a banana tree, the way one would plant a cashew tree. Taken with infrared movie, 1976 Claudia Andujar, courtesy Fondation Cartier. Claudia Andujar came to Brazil, passed through São Paulo, then Brasília, then Boa Vista, and then to the Yanomami lands. It was instinctive. A soundtrack composed by Marlui Miranda combining Yanomami chants and experimental music accompanies this installation. It was good that she gave me the bow and arrow as a weapon, not for killing whites but for speaking in defense of the Yanomami people. But some of you might be interested to discover the fight led by the Yanomami people in North Western Brazil and Venezuela. September 13, 2020. La mostra Claudia Andujar, la lotta Yanomami inaugura la partnership della durata di otto anni tra Triennale Milano e Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. She is not Yanomami, but she is a true friend. This publication highlights Claudia Andujar’s extraordinary contribution to the art of photography and the defense of human rights, as well as the preservation of the environment and cultural diversity. A selection of these drawings representing Yanomami myths, rituals, and shamanic visions will be presented in the exhibition.