This set of works by Abdoulaye Konaté represents the main features of the artist’s production, such as his powerful use of color, his retrieval of Malian textile tradition with a contemporary twist, his formal rigueur, and his desire to question the great social tragedies of our time – epidemics, forced exodus and threatened cultures. Reminiscent of painting, field in which he was originally trained, Konaté’s compositions allow the public to touch the fabric and delve into the artwork. Commissioned for this edition of Videobrasil, the work Brésil 1 (Guarani) was created after the artist visited a Guarani indigenous village in Ubatuba, São Paulo, in 2014. In the tribe’s featherwork items, he saw “a composition with deep cultural connections and thoroughly thought-out color combinations.”
