Studies on Latin American Art #05: Forming Abstraction

Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil

Studies on Latin American Art #05: Forming Abstraction
Adele Nelson
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22 Feb 2022 US
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9780520379848
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Art produced outside hegemonic centers is often seen as a form of derivation or relegated to a provisional status. Forming Abstraction turns this narrative on its head. In the first book-length study of Brazilian art and culture following World War II, Adele Nelson highlights the importance of exhibitionary and pedagogical institutions in the development of abstract art in Brazil. By focusing on the formation of the Sao Paulo Biennial in 1951; the early activities of artists Geraldo de Barros, Lygia Clark, Waldemar Cordeiro, Helio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, and Ivan Serpa; and the ideas of critics like Mario Pedrosa, Nelson illuminates the complex, strategic processes of citation and adaption of both local and international forms. The book ultimately demonstrates that postwar Brazilian art institutions and abstract artistic groups-and their exhibitions of abstract art in particular-served as crucial loci for the articulation of societal identities in a newly democratic nation at the onset of the Cold War.

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Adele Nelson is Assistant Professor of Art History and Associate Director of the Center for Latin American Visual Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
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ISBN-13: 9780520379848
Published: 22 Feb 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 178mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1270g
Pages: 392

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