LAMB AND DOG, 2021
Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino

Magazine cover, polished stainless steel
50 x 40 x 0.2 cm

“Dog” and “Lamb and Dog” are each composed by a fashion magazine cover displayed on a stainless steel. The gesture involved in making the pieces is motivated by the artist’s observation of the influence of the animal iconography implied by the Catholic Church, a key colonial institution, on contemporary image-making.

The work was produced during the tri-continental research and exhibition project “Quilombo”. It exhibited at Kunstverein SALTS (City SALTS, Birsfelden/Basel) and Lago Mio Lugano Artist Residency. “Quilombo” involved artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, and Switzerland. The coalition-based research and exhibition project comprised residencies in Lugano (Lago Mio) and Basel (SALTS and Atelier Mondial), and a workshop with the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel – presented by SALTS, Waza Art Center Lubumbashi/DRC, and Lago Mio, in collaboration with Culturescapes 2021 Amazonia.

“Quilombo” was curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Patrick Mudekereza, and Benedikt Wyss.

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