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Paulo Nazareth

(Brazilian, born 1977)

KAÁGUY RUPIGUA (Bichos do mato)

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Object Details

Artist

Paulo Nazareth

Date

2013

Medium

Inkjet prints Edition 4/5 + 2 AP

Dimensions

11 13/16 × 15 3/4 inches each (30 × 40 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired through the Nancy Horton Bartels, Class of 1948, Endowment

Object
Number

2021.012 a-k

Paulo Nazareth’s multifaceted artistic practice is fundamentally about encounters, communication, (…)

Paulo Nazareth’s multifaceted artistic practice is fundamentally about encounters, communication, and empathy. In this work, he begins to learn the language of the Guarani Kaiowá, whom he came to know as he studied his Indigenous genealogy. Kaáguy rupigua is their phrase for “wild animals” (bichos do mato in Portuguese, Nazareth’s mother tongue). Engaging with Guarani Kaiowá children, Nazareth drew animals that inhabit their land, in Matto Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and the children wrote the animals’ names in their language.

The razed land in the photographs is at the heart of the struggles of the Guarani Kaiowá. Since the mid-twentieth century, their survival has been threatened by deforestation, expulsion, and state-sponsored violence. In April 2024, Brazil’s Amnesty Commission recognized the human rights abuses perpetrated against them, asked for forgiveness, and recommended that the Brazilian government recognize the demarcation of their ancestral territory.

—Kate Addleman-Frankel, the Gary and Ellen Davis Curator of Photography

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