The Affinity of Neoconcretism: Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Brazilian Modernism, 1954–1964

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Mariola V. Alvarez

The Affinity of Neoconcretism

Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Brazilian Modernism, 1954–1964

Mariola V. Alvarez

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University of California Press
27 June 2023

The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; History of the Americas; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Hispanic & Latino studies

Series: Studies on Latin American Art and Latinx Art

The 1950s and early 1960s in Brazil gave birth to a period of incredible optimism and economic development. In The Affinity of Neoconcretism, Mariola V. Alvarez argues that the neoconcretists—a group of artists and poets working together in Rio de Janeiro from 1959 to 1961—formed an important part of this national transformation. She maps the interactions of the neoconcretists and discusses how this network collaborated to challenge existing divides between high and low art and between fields such as fine art and dance. This book reveals the way in which art and intellectual work in Brazil emerged from and within a local political and social context, and out of the transnational movements of artists, artworks, published materials, and ideas.

By: Mariola V. Alvarez
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 7
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 1.043kg
ISBN: 9780520388963
ISBN 10: 0520388968
Series: Studies on Latin American Art and Latinx Art
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 27 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction 1. The Anti-Dictionary: The Verbal Non-Object and Neoconcrete Poetry, Books, and Installation Art 2. Experiência Neoconcreta: Jornal do Brasil and Its Cultural Supplement, Graphic Design, and the Modern Public 3. A Synergistic Phenomenon: The Neoconcrete Ballets and Abstraction 4. New Monumentality and Collaboration: Neoconcretism and Architecture Conclusion NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INDEX

Mariola V. Alvarez is Assistant Professor of Art History at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. She is the coeditor of New Geographies of Abstract Art in Postwar Latin America.

Reviews for The Affinity of Neoconcretism: Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Brazilian Modernism, 1954–1964

"""The Affinity of Neoconcretism not only skillfully translates very relevant passages of the Neoconcrete debates of the 1950s to English- speaking readers but also reframes the movement in ways that are bound to be relevant and instructive for scholars in Brazil too."" * Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture *"