Screen prints by Afro-Brazilian artist Rubem Valentim, 1960s-80s, whose distinctive abstractions combined motifs from African, Brazilian, Polynesian, and Western cultures and religions, exploring themes of diaspora and mysticism.

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Geometric abstract composition with a nearly symmetrical design: groupings of colorful shapes including half-circles, triangles, and arrows floating above a large blue half-circle, between two horizontal red lines on top and bottom with a yellow background.
Geometric abstract composition with a nearly symmetrical design: groupings of colorful shapes including half-circles, triangles, and arrows floating above a large blue half-circle, between two horizontal red lines on top and bottom with a yellow background.