Title: Histórias da arte em exposições
Description: The research group Grupo de Pesquisa História da Arte: modos de ver, exibir e compreender, with the support of the Museu de Artes Visuais of Unicamp aims to relect on art, history of art and the artistic object in its various dimensions and materialization, from a multidisciplinary approaches. Accepting different points of view, it is of interest to the MODOS group to discuss the artistic object inserted in the practices of the lived, in the actions and reactions of its production, circulation, reception and disappearance. Due to research and scientific meetings, the group launches the series"História da Arte em...". Each publication, in the form of a collection, proposes a thematic appeal to reflect on the conditions and transformations of aesthetic perception about the object, about its significations and on the rewrites of his stories. The group is also responsible for the electronic magazine MODOS, back to the discussion of places of exhibition, circulation, collections and narratives that institute how we perceive, interpret and disseminate artistic production and the object of art. The book in question is the result of a series of researches conducted by professors from Brazilian and international universities. Its purpose is to discuss the role of art exhibitions for the constitution of a history of Brazilian art. The varied approaches seek to broaden the methodological possibilities of researching the exhibition of the work of art in front of the traditions of staging and authorized historiographies. Each author analyzed a canonical exhibition in the history of Brazilian art, from a critical perspective. Due to its expanded scope, the book can become a reference for studies in art history, visual culture, museology.
Subjects: Brazilian Art, Exhibitions, Museum exhibits, History, Museums, Curatorship
Places: Brazil
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century