Bruno Baptistelli and Maria Noujaim at Galeria Jaqueline Martins / São Paulo

Bruno Baptistelli and Maria Noujaim
part of Four Flags, curated by Julia Mulié e Nick Terra

From April 22

Galeria Jaqueline Martins
R. Dr. Cesário Mota Júnior, 443
São Paulo, Brazil

Installation view
Installation view

Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Bruno Baptistelli.
Bandeira Afro-Brasileira (in dialogue with David Hammons), Four Flags, 2020.
Print on synthetic fabric. 1,00mx1,50m.
Maria Noujaim.
Maze score, Four Flags, 2020.
Print on synthetic fabric. 1,00mx1,50m.

Overview
All images courtesy of the artists and the gallery.

About Four Flags 2020
Four Flags 2020 São Paulo is a temporary project, brought to fruition by Galeria Jaqueline Martins in connection with Dutch curators Julia Mullié and Nick Terra, and bred by the urgency of these new times. 
Already underway in Amsterdam, the project sprang from a desire to develop ways of encouraging artmaking amid this shutdown, but also as an opportunity to generate revenue so artists in our scene will remain productive. All flags will be produced in 4 + 1 A.P and all proceeds (BRL 800 apiece) will go to the participating artists.
Participating artists so far: Thomaz Rosa / Ana Mazzei / Pedro França / Cibelle Cavalli Bastos / Cemfreio / André Parente / Mônica Nador / Maria Montero / Amilcar Packer / Dudu Santos / Aline Motta / Bruno Baptistelli / Maria Noujaim. 
We hope initiatives such as this will be regarded not as temporary solutions to the current situation, but as food for thought on how exhibitions and cultural projects occupy institutional spaces around the world. Four Flags is a reminder that secondary materials and temporality are also necessary qualities in art.
Flags Release
Maria Noujaim
Maze score, Four Flags, 2020
Maze score refers to labyrinths inside medieval churches, which function as a pilgrimage in a closed environment, as opposed to pilgrimages in the open air. At this time when long periods of self-isolation remain, Maze score works both as a mental and physical space that can be performed indoors.
Bruno Baptistelli
Afro-Brazilian Flag (in dialogue with David Hammons), Four Flags, 2020
The Afro-Brazilian Flag (in dialogue with David Hammons) is based on the African-American Flag of the artist David Hammons from 1990.
Just as Hammons did the work at an important moment in African American and global history, we are also living an unique situation in the world and especially here in Brazil.