AnnexB’s exhibition at spring/break art show for the special projects section, curated by Tatiane Santa Rosa.

AnnexB is thrilled to be part of this year’s edition of the SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW. In RECIPES FOR A B_R_Z_L_?, AnnexB brings a group of Brazilian artists, most of them former AnnexB residents, whose works comment on the ways through which national narratives seek to discipline bodies, target groups based on class, racial or ethnic backgrounds, and shape us as individuals by imposing rigid notions of gender and sexuality. These works respond in very different ways to made-in-Brazil nationalistic orders and rules, as if unmasking far-right alarming fictions and their very real effects. Some of the artworks in RECIPES FOR A B_R_Z_L_? elaborate on the format of the flag and Brazilian national symbols, while other works emphasize the presence of the body to comment on questions of race, gender, and sexuality.

Participating artists (alphabetically by last name): Nino Cais, Carla Chaim, Bel Falleiros, Ivan Grilo, Randolpho Lamonier, Raphaela Melsohn, Bia Monteiro, Moisés Patrício, Dalton Paula and Mano Penalva.