Art systems : Brazil and the 1970s / Elena Shtromberg.
- Title
- Art systems : Brazil and the 1970s / Elena Shtromberg.
- Published by
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2016.
- Author
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- Description
- ix, 210 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 27 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series statement
- Latin American and Caribbean arts and culture publication initiative (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
- Alternative title
- Brazil and the 1970s
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Currency -- Newspapers -- Television -- Maps -- Epilogue.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain