Brendan Fernandes: Until We Fear Less

• Hardcover
• 94 pages
• Published by the Art Gallery of Hamilton 2010
• 18.4 x 1.3 x 25.4 cm

The work of Brendan Fernandes pushes viewers to reconsider perceptions about the cultural identities associated with Africa and the African Diaspora. The title of this first career survey refers to a key work, a walk-in shelter containing a multi-channel video and sound environment, animated African masks and Dadaist and Voodoo-inspired sound poems. The juxtaposition of images, natural and man-made materials, and tribal and nonsensical sounds lead the viewer to consider the many ways in which the arts and artifacts of Africa have been presented within popular culture.