Beginning March 20, 2010, the Museum of the African Diaspora showcases photographer Bryan Wiley’s portfolio dealing with Altars and Rituals from around the world.
“Wiley has assembled his photographs of altar objects from Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, South Carolina and New Orleans into large ornate frames creating collages that reveal the blurred lines between sacred and secular worlds. Wiley’s assembled images focus on the power of the natural elements, earth, wind, fire, and water as manifest in the deities venerated in the altars. Large photographs of the physical locales and the surrounding landscapes contextualize his interpretive installations creating a quiet atmosphere of reverence.”
“African Continuum: Sacred Ceremonies and Rituals” 3/20 – 8/28/10
MoAD – The Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission Street San Francisco, CA
(Image: Hanging crosses in Candomble shop, 2006
Senhor do Bonfim, Brazil)