Amazonia Açu Pocket Book
Amazonia Açu Pocket Book
This fully illustrated publication accompanies the Americas Society exhibition Amazonia Açu, on view September 3, 2025 through April 18, 2026.
Amazonia Açu provides a kaleidoscopic overview of the aesthetic and material diversity found in Amazonia, as a means to upend flattening generalizations typically associated with the region and to reframe discourse on the subject within a contemporary context. The exhibition was led by curatorial advisor Keyna Eleison and co-curated by a committee of representatives from all nine countries of the Amazonian territory (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela). This exhibition presents over fifty works by thirty-four local artists and collectives as each artwork mirrors their culture.
The artists and collectives participating in this exhibition include: Danasion Akobe, Angélica Alomoto, Pablo Amaringo, Johan Amiemba, Lola Ankarapi, Chonon Bensho, Darrell A. Carpenay, Elías Caurey Caurey, Colectivo TAWNA, Comunidad Weenhayek, Estela Dagua, PV Dias, Sara Flores, Dawa García, Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, Shaundell Horton, Sri Irodikromo, Carlos Jacanamijoy, Wilfrido Lusitande Piaguaje, Thiago Martins de Melo, Hélio Melo, Mary Morales Barrientos, NouN, Claudia Opimí Vaca, Bernadette Indira Persaud, Javier Puunawe, Abel Rodríguez (Mogaje Guihu), Aycoobo (Wilson Rodríguez), Nancy Santi, Nelly Sheimi, T2i, Agustina Valera and Oliver Agustín, Gê Viana, and Santiago Yahuarcani.
Table of contents
- Foreword by Susan Segal
- Amazonia Beyond Borders by Aimé Iglesias Lukin
- The Nine-Faceted Prism by Keyna Eleison
- Works. Text by Grace Aneiza Ali, Christian Bendayán, Elvira Espejo Ayca, Diana Iturralde, Miguel Keerveld, NouN and T2i, Mateus Nunes, Luis Romero, and María Wills
- Curator Biographies
- Credits
- Acknowledgments
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Price: $5. To purchase this catalog, please contact: art@as-coa.org or order on Amazon.
Keyna Elesion served as curatorial advisor, and the exhibition was co-curated by Grace Aneiza Ali, Christian Bendayán, Elvira Espejo Ayca, Diana Iturralde, Miguel Keerveld, NouN and T2i, Mateus Nunes, Luis Romero, and María Wills.
Visual Arts exhibition series editors: Aimé Iglesias Lukin and Karen Marta
Associate editor: Tatiana Marcel
The exhibition, which runs September 3, 2025 through April 18, 2026, considers the plural region encompassing territories and peoples of many countries.
