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    Grada Kilomba is a Portuguese artist born in 1968 who debuted her artwork "O Barco" at the MAAT museum in 2021. The exhibit centered on themes of violence, oppression, racism, and historical accuracy related to Portugal's colonial past. Kilomba created "O Barco" to criticize the mythscape of Portuguese society and engage with Portugal's difficulty recognizing the issues of its colonial history.

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    Grada Kilomba is a Portuguese artist born in 1968 who debuted her artwork "O Barco" at the MAAT museum in 2021. The exhibit centered on themes of violence, oppression, racism, and historical accuracy related to Portugal's colonial past. Kilomba created "O Barco" to criticize the mythscape of Portuguese society and engage with Portugal's difficulty recognizing the issues of its colonial history.

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    Grada Kilomba

    O BARCO

    Natalie Ernandes
    Mary Grace Goettler
    Christiane Poha
    Siale Gardet
    WHO IS GRADA KILOMBA?

    Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1968


    Career began after assisting war victims in
    Angola and Mozambique
    Various forms of art
    Artwork centered around themes of
    violence, oppression, racism, xenophobia,
    and historical accuracy
    KILOMBA’S ART

    Table of Goods

    O Barco 18 Verses
    O BARCO EXHIBIT

    Grada Kilomba debuted O Barco at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in 2021
    KILOMBA’S INSPIRATION BEHIND O BARCO
    THE MYTHSCAPE OF PORTUGUESE SOCIETY
    EFFECT ON PORTUGUESE PEOPLE

    “A COUNTRY WITH MILLIONS OF


    PEOPLE CANNOT BE DISCOVERED”
    CONCLUSION

    criticism of the
    colonial past

    engaged artist in difficulty to recognize


    diverse ways historical issues
    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    “Grada Kilomba - O Barco/the Boat.” MAAT, 9 Mar. 1970,


    www.maat.pt/pt/exhibition/grada-kilomba-o-barcothe-boat.

    Peralta, Elsa. (2011). “Fictions of a Creole Nation: (Re)Presenting Portugal’s Imperial


    Past”. In H Bonavita (ed). Negotiating Identities: Constructed Selves and Others.
    Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 193-217

    Ingoude
    Company

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