Maria Auxiliadora
Subtitle: vida cotidiana, pintura e resistência
By: organização editorial e curadoria Adriano Pedrosa, Fernando Oliva, ; textos : Adriano Pedrosa [and 17others]
Contributors: Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Publisher: MASP
Published: 2018
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: por
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9788531000423
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Catalogs; Artists; Biography; Brazilian Art; Primitivism in art
Work titles: Works
Description: As part of the thematic axis dedicated to the Afro Atlantic history, the exhibition rescues 82 artworks of the self-taught artist who painted everyday life in the Afro Brazilian culture, all reproduced in this catalog, also featuring twelve unpublished essays, reprints of five historical essays from the 1960s to the 1980s, documents and photographs related to the artist's life and work, along with color reproductions of 164 paintings by Maria Auxiliadora, located during the research, many reproduced here for the first time ever. This edition is the most complete monograph of the artist published until now. Maria Auxiliadora's last big solo exhibition took place at MASP in 1981, and this presentation aspires to renew interest in this essential Brazilian artist, beyond the prejudiced, paternalistic, and reductive categories of naive art or primitive art.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Maria Auxiliadora: vida cotidiana, pintura e resistência" held in MASP from March 10-June 3, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-241).