Reinata Sadimba: O Toque que Cura / The Healing Touch

Solo exhibition by Mozambican artist Reinata Sadimba, curated by Carlos Cabral Nunes. An immersive installation of sculptures exploring ritual, symbolic, and transformative dimensions of Makonde cultural heritage. About Casa da Liberdade – Mário Cesariny presents "Reinata Sadimba - The Healing Touch", a solo exhibition by the renowned Mozambican artist Reinata Sadimba, curated by Carlos Cabral Nunes and on view from September 10 to October 24, 2026. Developed from the concept The Healing Touch Series, originally conceived during the sculptor's artistic residency with Perve Galeria in 2023, the exhibition takes the form of an immersive installation with strong visual and conceptual impact. The project has since been showcased at major international venues, including ARCOlisboa, 1-54 London, AKAA Paris, and Art Dubai, and now acquires a new configuration at Casa da Liberdade – Mário Cesariny. Reinata Sadimba's works stem from her deep connection to Makonde cultural heritage, where the representation of the human figure historically assumes a ritual, symbolic, and shamanic dimension associated with processes of healing, protection, and regeneration. In this context, each installation can be understood as a contemporary altar, bringing together sculptures and objects that summon different dimensions of human experience and establish a space for reflection, contemplation, and transformation. Throughout her career, Reinata Sadimba has developed a singular sculptural language, deeply rooted in Makonde tradition while marked by extraordinary creative freedom. Her figures, frequently hybrid and intensely expressive, confront the viewer with social, existential, and collective issues, challenging established perceptions of reality and the human condition. In "The Healing Touch", the therapeutic and transformative dimension of artistic creation takes on particular relevance. Art emerges as a possibility for healing and regeneration—not as a definitive answer, but as a space for confrontation, elaboration, and change. The works address tensions between suffering and overcoming, fragility and resilience, memory and the future, revealing a sculptural practice where the artistic gesture also becomes an act of care. This presentation in Lisbon holds special significance, offering a unique opportunity to contemplate the depth and relevance of the work of one of the most important voices in contemporary African sculpture. The exhibition precedes Reinata Sadimba's participation in the prestigious international African art fair 1-54 London in October 2026, as well as her featured role in the curatorial project presented by Paula Nascimento at the 17th edition of the Sharjah Biennial in 2027. More than a solo exhibition, "The Healing Touch" proposes an immersive experience into an artistic universe where tradition and contemporaneity meet, and where sculpture asserts itself as an instrument of reflection, inquiry, and transformation. At Casa da Liberdade – Mário Cesariny, Reinata Sadimba's work reveals the telluric and universal power of her language, celebrating art's capacity to touch, transform, and build bridges between cultures, experiences, and different ways of understanding and inhabiting the world. Read more Toggle Installation Sculpture