O universo de J. Cunha
Subtitle: The universe of J. Cunha
By: curador editorial e organizador, Danilo Barata
Contributors: Barata, Danilo
Publisher: Corrupio
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Salvador, BA
Language: por
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9788586551505
Subjects: Catalogs; Brazilian Art
Other titles: Universe of J. Cunha
Description: "The book is an account of how artist J. Cunha (Itapagipe, Baixa, 1948) appropriates several affective territories of the Indian and African deities, baiano modernism, the hinterland, the tropicalismo.  In a universe populated by Kiriri Indians (his ancestors on his mother side), caboclos, orixás, gypsies, queens and kings, Cunha uses traditional and contemporary devices as a creator without limits. "In the 1990's, J. Cunha painted "Códice" which sums up the art, a masterwork that contains a reading of his entire repertoire, which was recreated in 2014, in the monumental railings for the national Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB), a landmark in the historic center of Salvador"--Page 8.
Notes: Parallel text in Portuguese and English.
Table of contents: title: O universo de J. Cunha = The universe of J. Cunha / Danilo Barata; title: Reflexão e exterioridade = Reflection and exteriority / Roberto Conduru; title: O códice de J. Cunha: Livro santo da cor = J. Cunha Codex of: Holy book of color / Marcello Moreira; title: Um encontro com o artista = Encountering the artist / Kabengele Munanga; title: Barroco Safado = Shameless Baroque; title: Mutum-Homem Pássaro = Mutum-Bird-Man; title: Sertão e Luz = Hinterland and Light; title: Carnavália = Carnavalia; title: Áfricas = Africas; title: Códice = Codex; title: Linha do tempo = Timeline / Nadja Vladi.