Paula do Prado
Bomba
Art Exhibition previously on at AirSpace Projects in Marrickville precinct, New South Wales, Australia. Published by AirSpace Projects on Tuesday 21 March 2017. Friday 07 April 2017 to Saturday 22 April 2017. Opening Friday 07 April 2017 6.00-8.00pm.
The Bomba artworks are made from a mix of humble materials: fabric samples, cloth remnants, paint and paper. The use of collage on fabric and paper relates to the traditions of ‘making do’ and the bringing together of seemingly disparate, unrelated and disjointed elements assembled together to create something new and cohesive.
In Afro-Uruguayan culture there are still strong links to superstition and the merging of Christian and West African religious beliefs. Lines become blurred and slippages occur between religion, magic, art, music, dance, ritual and ceremony. Bomba or blast becomes a visual metaphor for cultural collisions and explosions, resistance and survival.
Paula do Prado is running A Fabric Collage Workshop and has organized two Afro-Latin Dance Workshops run by Mariu Meneses Betervide. Go to Paula’s page on the airspace Projects blog for booking links.
https://airspaceprojects.com/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions-2/7-22-april-2017/gallery-1-paula-do-prado/
Location
10 Junction Street Marrickville Sydney, just 6 minutes walk along Schwebel Street from Marrickville train station
