John Graz
Subtitle: idílio tropical e moderno = John Graz : tropical and modern idyll
By: [curadoria : Fernanda Pitta e Thierry Freitas]
Contributors: Freitas, Thierry, curator; Pitta, Fernanda, curator; Estação Pinacoteca; São Paulo (Brazil : State). Pinacoteca do Estado
Edition: Primeira edição.
Series: Pina_
Publisher: Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Published: 2021
Place of publication: São Paulo
Language: por; eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9786589070054
Subjects: Exhibitions; Modern Art; Brazilian Art; Pictorial works
Other titles: John Graz :; Idílio tropical e moderno
Work titles: Works
Description: The exhibition, with approximately 155 items, revisits the trajectory of John Graz (Geneva, Switzerland 1891 - São Paulo, Brazil 1980), one of the most important names in modernism in Brazil, focusing on his performance as a visual artist and the dedication of his work to indigenous themes, fauna, flora, history and Brazilian popular culture.Having as its central nucleus an expressive set of works from the donation made by the John Graz Institute for the Pinacoteca, the selection of works also includes loans from other institutions and private collections. 'John Graz: tropical idyll' and modern reflects the Swiss artist's particular vision of Brazil, where he lived from 1920 onwards, after some years of multidisciplinary training in Europe that included courses in drawing, decoration, architecture and plastic arts. The curatorship emphasizes Graz's dedication to the creation of a modern and tropical imagination, based on his paintings, drawings and studies, also reflecting on the artist's multiplicity and versatility. These works feature representations of indigenous peoples, images of nature, festivities such as carnival and gaucho parties, Brazilian workers such as raftsmen, as well as historical narratives such as those depicting the Portuguese invasion of Brazil. The catalogue includes critical text by curators Fernanda Pitta and Thierry Freitas, an essay by professor and researcher Horacio Ramos and a complete chronology of the artist prepared by Daniel Ribeiro and Gabriela Gotoda
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil, from July 31st, 2021 - January 31st, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in Portuguese and English.
Table of contents: title: Apresentaçao = Foreword / Jochen Volz; title: John Graz: idílio tropical e moderno = Tropical and Modern Idyll / Fernanda Pitta e Thierra Freitas; title: Um baile no Terminus: John Graz e as interseções entre o design modernista e a cultura do Carnaval na década de 1940 = A Ball at the Terminus: John Graz and the Intersections of Modernist Design and Carnival Culture in the 1940s / Horacio Ramos; title: Cronologia = Chronology / Daniel Donato Ribeiro e Gabriela Gotoda; title: Lista de obras = List of works.