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Hélio Oiticica: The Great Labyrinth

Hélio Oiticica: The Great Labyrinth

Oiticica, Helio
Cruz, Max Hinderer
Gaensheimer, Susanne

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Caribbean, Latin American & South American ArtIndividual Artists

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ISBN10: 3775737294
ISBN13: 9783775737296
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: Feb 28 2014
Pages: 336
Weight: 2.30
Height: 1.00 Width: 7.60 Depth: 9.90
Language: English
Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980) altered the Brazilian art scene, and his works broke with accepted conventions. His oeuvre was of great importance to the breakthrough of Tropicália, the cultural movement that protested the repressions of the military regime. Experiment, proposition, participation and environment are the key words that place Oiticica's art firmly in the 1960s and 1970s. Coming from painting, he developed into one of the protagonists of a new concept of art: he actively involved the viewer in the presentations of his multimedia works, while the works--colorful, accessible, tangible, or wearable like a piece of clothing--filled the space. This participatory kind of eventful art is related to the democratization of the concept of art, as conceived by Joseph Beuys. Oiticica's writings and records, collected in this in publication, comprise a fascinating document of the transition from modern to contemporary art. Seja marginal, seja herói. (Be marginal, be a hero.) --Hélio Oiticica

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