Brazilian Art under Dictatorship
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Brazilian Art under Dictatorship

Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, and Cildo Meireles

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Brazilian Art under Dictatorship

Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, and Cildo Meireles

About this book

Brazilian Art under Dictatorship is a sophisticated analysis of the intersection of politics and the visual arts during the most repressive years of Brazil's military regime, from 1968 until 1975. Raised in Rio de Janeiro during the dictatorship, the curator and art historian Claudia Calirman describes how Brazilian visual artists addressed the political situation and opened up the local art scene to new international trends. Focusing on innovative art forms infused with a political undertone, Calirman emphasizes the desire among Brazilian artists to reconcile new modes of art making with a concern for local politics. Ephemeral works, such as performance art, media-based art, and conceptualism, were well suited to the evasion of censorship and persecution. Calirman examines the work and careers of three major artists of the period, Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, and Cildo Meireles. She explores the ways that they negotiated the competing demands of Brazilian politics and the international art scene, the efficacy of their political critiques, and their impact on Brazilian art and culture. Calirman suggests that the art of the late 1960s and early 1970s represented not just the artists' concerns with politics, but also their anxieties about overstepping the boundaries of artistic expression.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments
  4. Abbreviations and a Note on Translation
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. “Non à la Biennale de São Paulo”
  7. 2. Antonio Manuel: “Experimental Exercise of Freedom”
  8. 3. Artur Barrio: A New Visual Aesthetics
  9. 4. Cildo Meireles: Clandestine Art
  10. Conclusion: Opening the Wounds, Longing for Closure
  11. Appendix 1. Dossier “Non à la Biennale de São Paulo”
  12. Appendix 2. Chronology of Exhibitions
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index