Forming Abstraction: Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil Volume 5 by Nelson, Adele

Forming Abstraction: Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil Volume 5

Art produced outside hegemonic centers is often seen as a form of derivation or relegated to a...
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Author: Adele Nelson
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Forming Abstraction: Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil Volume 5 by Nelson, Adele

Forming Abstraction: Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil Volume 5

BD$124.66

Forming Abstraction: Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil Volume 5

BD$124.66
Author: Adele Nelson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Art produced outside hegemonic centers is often seen as a form of derivation or relegated to a provisional status. Forming Abstraction turns this narrative on its head. In the first book-length study of postwar Brazilian art and culture, Adele Nelson highlights the importance of exhibitionary and pedagogical institutions in the development of abstract art in Brazil. By focusing on the formation of the São Paulo Biennial in 1951; the early activities of artists Geraldo de Barros, Lygia Clark, Waldemar Cordeiro, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, and Ivan Serpa; and the ideas of critics like Mário Pedrosa, Nelson illuminates the complex, strategic processes of citation and adaption of both local and international forms. The book ultimately demonstrates that Brazilian art institutions and abstract artistic groups--and their exhibitions of abstract art in particular--served as crucial loci for the articulation of societal identities in a newly democratic nation at the onset of the Cold War.

Author: Adele Nelson
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/22/2022
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780520379848


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2023

About the Author

Adele Nelson is Assistant Professor of Art History and Associate Director of the Center for Latin American Visual Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.


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