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The Kunstverein Bielefeld is delighted to present Classroom (Sala de Classe), the first institutional solo exhibition by Andréa Hygino (b. 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in Europe. Like the Kunstverein, which is located close to two schools, the exhibition’s title also highlights proximity to a site of education: the classroom. Densely interpenetrated by social, societal and political factors, classroom spaces hold out the promise of a democratic sphere of action. But to what extent do actual school experiences reflect this promise? And how much is our answer to that question influenced by the position we speak from?
A recurring starting point of Andréa Hygino’s work is the critical examination of school, including the associated experiences of structural racism and classism. Through a close view into Brazil’s public education system, the artist looks at the micropolitics of forms of colonial thought and action which...More
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The Kunstverein Bielefeld is delighted to present Classroom (Sala de Classe), the first institutional solo exhibition by Andréa Hygino (b. 1992, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in Europe. Like the Kunstverein, which is located close to two schools, the exhibition’s title also highlights proximity to a site of education: the classroom. Densely interpenetrated by social, societal and political factors, classroom spaces hold out the promise of a democratic sphere of action. But to what extent do actual school experiences reflect this promise? And how much is our answer to that question influenced by the position we speak from?
A recurring starting point of Andréa Hygino’s work is the critical examination of school, including the associated experiences of structural racism and classism. Through a close view into Brazil’s public education system, the artist looks at the micropolitics of forms of colonial thought and action which...More
