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Mário Macilau: Circle of Memories - Contemporary And

Mário Macilau: Circle of Memories

The Mozambican artist Mário Macilau combines in a single photograph portraits of families, often mother and child with surrounded abandoned places, especially buildings dating from the colonial era. Each photograph was taken with a single slow pause that allows him to aim the lens first at people and then at the scene.

The Mozambican artist Mário Macilau combines in a single photograph portraits of families, often mother and child with surrounded abandoned places, especially buildings dating from the colonial era. Each photograph was taken with a single slow pause that allows him to aim the lens first at people and then at the scene.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

Mário Macilau. Installation view of “Circle of Memories”at La Terrasse espace d’art de Nanterre, 2021.

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