FOREWORD
Americas Society is pleased to present Amazonia Açu, an exhibition that aims to highlight the diversity of the Amazonia region. While curators hailing from each of the nine countries of the territory— Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela— were invited to cocurate the exhibition, we acknowledge and problematize the decision to use the nation-state as an organizational method for this project. As such, the curators have endeavored to provide a pluralistic perspective on the region that rejects the flattening colonial gaze and instead places emphasis on the richness and variety of experiences, aesthetics, and materialities captured by the featured artists. Keyna Eleison served as curatorial advisor and the exhibition was cocurated by Grace Aneiza Ali, Christian Bendayán, Elvira Espejo Ayca, Diana Iturralde,
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