Portinari popular
By: [textos de] Adriano Pedrosa [and others]
Contributors: Portinari, Cândido, 1903-1962; Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Publisher: MASP
Published: 2016
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: por
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9788531000188
Subjects: Exhibitions; Brazilian Art; Brazilian Painting
Description: Candido Portinari (1903-1962) is one of the most important and controversial Brazilian artists, and his work maintains a long-term relationship with the MASP, which features 18 works by the painter. "Portinari Popular" is part of the program that reviews the production of some the artists of Brazilian modernism, such as Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973) and Vicente do Rego Monteiro (1899-1970), from their context and narratives related to elements of Brazilian popular culture, which include discussions on race, social reality and cultural identity of the country. Why "Portinari Popular" today? Because we suffer from a poor and biased representation of this subject and of the African, indigenous and popular cultures in the media, in politics, in society and also in art. It is necessary to deepen the reflection on these strategies, something that the work of artist anticipating, hence its urgency and relevance.
Notes: "Exposição realizada em São Paulo no MASP de 12.08-15.11.2016"--Page opposite title page.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Portinari no MASP; title: Portinari  popular; title: A dimensão epica; title: Um cronista do cotidiano; title: A questão do popular na obra de Candido Portinari; title: Portinari  contingente; title: Retratos populares, algumas anotacoes; title: Pranchas; title: - Impressoes de Portinari; title: Esboco para um Portinari Casthelhano; title: Arte social; title: Nota biografica; title: Portinari popular; title: Lista de obras na exposicão.