Art systems: Brazil and the 1970s
"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 terra…
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- Full title :Art systems : Brazil and the 1970s / Elena Shtromberg.
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"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"--
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- Publication Date:2016.
- Edition:First edition, 2016
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication:Austin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781477308080, 1477308083, 9781477308097, 1477308091
- oclc:ocn931538928
- LC Classification:N6655
- Dewey Decimal:709.81/0904
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Currency -- Newspapers -- Television -- Maps -- Epilogue.
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