Exhibition 'Claudia Andujar - Cosmovisão' opens to the public this Tuesday (7)

The Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) hosts, starting this Tuesday (7), the exhibition "Claudia Andujar - Cosmovisão". The exhibition, previously shown only in São Paulo, inaugurates its tour in Belém with an opening panel at 6 PM, in the Eneida de Moraes Auditorium of MIS. Participating in the conversation will be the Pará photographers Elza Lima, Alexandre Sequeira, and the exhibition curator, Eder Chiodetto. The MIS will display the exhibition until January 18, 2026. Admission is free, but subject to space capacity.

The selection of the exhibition displayed in Belém features 71 works produced by the artist over six decades, divided into three different environments at MIS. In the first space, visitors find her more experimental works; they then move to a second space, where works created with the Yanomami ethnic group will be displayed; and they finish at the audiovisual exhibition of the photo book Amazon (Praxis, 1978). In this last space, visitors can also see the video installation Yanomami Dreams (2002-2024), a work by Andujar that received a reinterpretation from artist Leandro Lima.

The director of MIS, Indaiá Freire, emphasizes that visitors will be able to enjoy the work of a great woman and experimental artist, who made significant impacts on the daily lives of the population she dedicated herself to photographing. "We feel very happy to be able to showcase this incredible work of this great woman, this political activist, above all, a great political activist, at a time when it is necessary to listen to indigenous peoples, in an attempt to save planet Earth and, with it, save our existence. So, anyone who comes to MIS will see the incredible work of this great photographer," emphasizes the MIS director.

Claudia Andujar is recognized for using art to denounce the neglect of powers against the Yanomami people. Her works are clearly influenced by her life experiences as a refugee from Nazi persecution. Andujar adopted Brazil as her homeland in 1955 and has since dedicated herself to portraying populations also affected by persecution. This is what the audience can perceive through the series Homosexual Nightmares, Yanomami Dreams, and A Sônia, exhibited at MIS.

The exhibition curator, Eder Chiodetto, praises the importance of the photographer, who, as he explains, "had a strong influence, for example, in getting photography into museums as art in the 1970s." He assesses the experimentation in Andujar's work as one of the pillars of her art and refers to the product as a reinvention of reality, through her artistic perspective.

"This exhibition focuses on this high degree of experimentation through which she made photography pass. It is clear that, as a daughter of the 1968 generation, rebellious and rethinking the world, Claudia feels the need to recreate photographic language to express herself," Chiodetto states.

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Exhibition: Claudia Andujar – Cosmovisão
Opening: October 7, 2025, at 6 PM
Tickets: Free admission for the general public, subject to maximum capacity
Period: October 8, 2025, to January 18, 2026
Visiting Hours: Tuesdays to Sundays, from 9 AM to 5 PM
Location: Museum of Image and Sound of Pará – Centro Cultural Palacete Faciola, Avenida Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, 138 – Belém (PA)

Text by Maycon Marte / Ascom Secult