Jonathas de Andrade. Sisters With No Name

Among the most significant voices of the current Brazilian art scene, Jonathas de Andrade often tackles topical issues with a strong social impact, collaborating with local communities and using performances, installations, photographs, and videos.

At the center of the exhibition is a new video created for the window gallery Conciliazione 5, the contemporary art project conceived for the Jubilee by the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Vatican, curated by Cristiana Perrella and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film.

The work inaugurates the MACRO museum’s new video room program and focuses on a community of nuns who, in 1960s Brazil, combined spirituality, political engagement, and social pedagogy. Threatened by the military dictatorship and having left their vows, they moved to Rome continuing as laywomen their activities in support of the oppressed. With his characteristic attention to collective memory and forms of resistance, De Andrade intertwines archival materials and direct testimony, conveying the poetic and political strength of a community that embodied a practice of spiritual freedom and social commitment.

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