Paulo Nazareth: Melee

An artist who works across mediums, Paulo Nazareth (b. 1977, Governador Valadares, Brazil) uses performance and sculpture—monumental and ephemeral—to critique the colonial experience in Brazil and the Americas. For his exhibition at ICA Miami, Paulo Nazareth presented a series of commissions that consider an alternative political history of Latin America, emphasizing its marginalized protagonists. This exhibition surveyed several recent series of works, including “Blacks in the Pool,” a series of drawings and paintings exploring the history of discrimination against and segregation of Black bodies throughout the Americas, and in particular how these practices have often emerged around public swimming pools.

YEAR
2021

COVER
Hardcover

EDITORS
Alex Gartenfeld
Gean Moreno

TEXT EDITOR
Lloyd Wise

TRANSLATOR
Pablo Lafuente

COPYEDITOR
Kara Pickman, Pickman Editorial

PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANT
Amanda Morgan

DESIGN
Practise

TYPE
Pantograph (Hamish Makgill, Colophon, 2009)

LITHOGRAPHY
Colour & Books, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

PRINT
Die Keure, Bruges, Belgium

PUBLISHER
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

ISBN
978-3-7774-3732-3

DISTRIBUTOR
Hirmer Publishers

PAGES
251

DIMENSIONS
10-3/4 x 8-3/4 in.

CREDITS
Cover: Altered schematic drawing for Paulo Nazareth, 49 medals, 2019. © the artist.