Art Systems
Subtitle: Brazil and The 1970s
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781477308585
Subjects: Art, brazilian; Art, political aspects; Art and society; Art, economic aspects
Description: "From currency and maps to heavily newspapers and television programming, Art Systems explores visual forms of critique and subversion during the height of Brazilian dictatorship, drawing sometimes surprising connections between artistic production and broader processes of social exchange during a period of authoritarian modernization. Positioning the works beyond the prism of politics, Elena Shtromberg reveals subtle forms of subversion and critique that reinvented the artists' political terrain. Analyzing key examples from Cildo Meireles, Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, Anna Bella Geiger, Sonia Andrade, Geraldo Mello, and others, the book offers a new framework for theorizing artistic practice"--