Image: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Hammer Projects: Gê Viana presents an installation, a new sculpture and the short film 'Radiola de promessa (Radio of promise, 2025).'
The exhibition will be the artist’s first institutional presentation in the United States.
Viana’s multidisciplinary practice explores material culture, oral history and syncretism within the African diaspora across Brazil.
In 'Radiola de promessa,' the body is like a repertoire of ancestral African rhythms, songs, dances and memories that remixes the past with the present. Faith, sound and belonging coalesce at the heart of the work as Viana explores how reggae music weaves together the cultural memory of the land in Maranhão.
The presentation is organized by Erin Christovale, curator, with Azul Silverio, curatorial assistant.
