solo artrio 2024 | alberto pitta: booth s8

For the SOLO project at ArtRio 2024, Alberto Pitta presents developments in his Moradismo series, a set of paintings he has developed over the last two years. The starting point for these works is Brazilian vernacular architecture, especially in the interior of the Northeast, which became known through the photo book by photographer Anna Mariani Pinturas e Platibandas (2010), and the axé religious houses of Bahia. In the series, the artist combines the façades of houses, shrines, and churches with elements associated with African religions, such as conch shells, symbols of orixás (Afro-Brazilian deities), and mythological emblems. This symbolism is especially present in Yoruba mythology, which comes from West Africa and is widely present in Salvador and the Recôncavo region of Bahia.