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Alaka Ossun
The Pano da Costa or Pano de Cuia serves as a reference for the creation of the Alaká Osùn costume. The handloom technique for making the fabric connects African traditions with Candomblé. It is a sign of hierarchical distinction and identification of the orishas through their colors.
The structure of the piece is organized by intertwined strips of silk straw panel. The white color pays homage to the primordial deities of the Yoruba cosmogony known as Funfun.
The red that appears at all ends of the braided strips refers to the Osùn powder, an element used in rituals when the head or ori of the initiate must be free from misfortune to receive the spiritual power of axé.
Barrueco
The concept is a juxtaposition of three constitutive meanings of what we understand as: Afro-Baroque.
The look engenders mythical, stylistic and aesthetic notions of the Afro-Brazilian cultural complex. The use of defective pearls (imperfect pearls) derives the word Barrueco – Baroque;
The use of coastal straw and bleached silk straw refers to the azê: straw clothing, characteristic of the deity Omolu or Obaluaê, deity of illness and healing; and the orange heart refers to an organic palm pump, which irrigates the Afro-diasporic cultural body with vital fluid.
Efun Waji
Materials of Yoruba origin, used in Candomblé, serve as inspiration for the creation of the look: Efun, which is white chalk, and Wáji, which is a blue powder, are used in initiation rituals and are present in settlements within the Igba Orixá.
The piece celebrates the rebirth of the human being, through the use of the color white and its power of purification, as well as the spiritual cleansing power of the blue Wáji. The clothing reflects the specialty of dressing on solemn occasions through hybridizations between elements of African dynasties and Western ceremonial attire.
The small gourds that accompany the piece refer to African receptacles that hold the secrets of magical materials. Just as the straw collars and blue beads refer to African body adornments.
We had the special participation of the artist and friend of Ayrson Nádia Taquary for the craftsmanship of the beaded collar and the embroidered gourds.
Learn more about the history of the museum and the project here .
Come see it up close at the MASP museum
22.3 — 9.6.2024
WED—SUN 10am–6pm | TUE 10am–8pm | MON closed
