{"id":260252,"date":"2019-10-21T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=260252"},"modified":"2019-10-21T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T15:24:49","slug":"work-created-in-amman-shown-in-brazil-for-the-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/work-created-in-amman-shown-in-brazil-for-the-1st-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Work created in Amman shown in Brazil for the 1st time"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 In Amman, the capital of Jordan, artist Jonathas de Andrade searched for Jesus in the faces of common men. Born in Macei\u00f3, Alagoas and based in Recife, Pernambuco, Andrade was invited to take part in an art residency in the city in 2013 at Jordanian foundation Darat al Funun. While walking around the Jordan Riven, he decided to work on the Eurocentric vision that the Biblical image earned in the imagery in countries like Brazil.<\/p>\n

For that, he strolled around the streets of the Arab countries and took pictures of 20 different men. Then, the Brazilian asked different Jordanians about which of those options was the most similar to the Biblical figure that is also a prophet in the Islam.<\/p>\n

The result is the installation Procurando Jesus<\/em> (Looking for Jesus). Besides the copper-framed photos, the artist exhibits 16 acrylic plates with answers he got on the streets. All writings are in English, Portuguese and Arabic, calligraphed by a Jordanian translator. In the end, visitors are offered a date fruit and can vote on the face that resembles Jesus Christ the most.<\/p>\n

The work was presented in the same year at the foundation in Amman. \u201cIn the Muslim culture, it\u2019s uncomfortable to think about the image of a prophet. It\u2019s a provocation. But it also covers the idea of beauty, what is expected from Jesus as a figure,\u201d he told ANBA.<\/p>\n

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Comments about the pictures from people asked by the artist. In front of them, the date fruits offered to the visitors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The artist has a degree in Social Communication and says that the mixed media \u2013 such as photography and interaction with the public \u2013 helped him create a narrative. \u201cWith the work, I put forward a vote to decide for a new image of Jesus. There\u2019s a whole question on the Western identity, which is very Eurocentric because of the Italian iconography,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

While strolling around the capital of Jordan, the artist showed a text to the interviewees. \u201cI realized that\u2026 How did that young man look like? How was his hair like? Was there a twinkle in his eyes? I composed a text while walking by the Jordan River incorporating a character as this was my mission. [In the text] I say that it was my duty to create a new image of Jesus,\u201d said he, who also brought this writing to the exhibit.<\/p>\n

From Amman to Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition has already been in Florence, Italy at Marino Marini Museum (pictured above<\/em>) in 2014. Now, six years after its conception, the artwork is exhibited in Brazil for the first time. It\u2019s at the Sesc_Videobrasil Contemporary Art Biennial<\/a> in S\u00e3o Paulo, which will run until next year. \u201c2019 is another political context. It\u2019s very interesting to reassemble this work. A Syrian calligrapher wrote the text on the wall. He arrived in Brazil just four months ago; we\u2019ve met through [non-profit organization] Abra\u00e7o Cultural,\u201d he explains about the Brazilian installation, which features the work by Syrian calligrapher Samir Awad.<\/p>\n

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Jonathas de Andrade created the work while in Aman, Jordan’s capital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The artist had already been in Egypt before Jordan. Now 37, Andrade believes that living in Brazil Northeast connected him to those places. \u201cI had already been in Cairo for another residency in 2011. I spent 40 days there and my first contact with that culture was very intense for me. It was my first time in an Arabic-speaking country. I was quite taken aback with the similarity between the [Egyptian] people and people from Brazil Northeast. My own physical features\u2026 People used to think I was born there,\u201d said the Brazilian artist, who also visited Lebanon.<\/p>\n

His passage through Levant countries gave him new perspectives. \u201cIt was very interesting seeing Jordan and having a better understanding of the region, which is really complex and very stigmatized by the world mainstream media. Going there, talking to the people, making friends was very important to understand its nuances. Understanding how these cultures were before the war. The recent wars. It\u2019s similar to Brazil in issues relative to the people, but it\u2019s also very different\u2026 People here knows little about the reality (in the Arab countries),\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

In November, Jonathas de Andrade will start a series of exhibitions in Pernambuco with the project \u201cCaravana Museu do Homem do Nordeste.\u201d Moreover, Darat al Funun foundation invited the artist to go back to Jordan next year. They want to get him to develop a project that will include the video \u201cO peixe,\u201d which is described by him as one of his main works.<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dario Lasagni<\/div>\n
Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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