Today Is Always Yesterday
Contemporary Brazilian Art
Seiten
2023
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-800-8 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-800-8 (ISBN)
A richly illustrated, compelling account of contemporary Brazilian art.
Today Is Always Yesterday explores the historical constructs underlying contemporary art in Brazil. Michael Asbury, through his study of the South American nation's colonial and post-colonial condition, argues that art can not only illustrate history but activate it. The colours of the flag, a national emblem saturated with symbolism and which has become central to the culture wars of recent years, become devices to thematically structure the five chapters of the book. Asbury shows how artists have responded to cultural engagements and appropriations, and examines art's role in unravelling Brazil's foundational myths and its projected image as a racial melting pot. Richly illustrated, this book presents a compelling account of contemporary debates in Brazilian art.
Today Is Always Yesterday explores the historical constructs underlying contemporary art in Brazil. Michael Asbury, through his study of the South American nation's colonial and post-colonial condition, argues that art can not only illustrate history but activate it. The colours of the flag, a national emblem saturated with symbolism and which has become central to the culture wars of recent years, become devices to thematically structure the five chapters of the book. Asbury shows how artists have responded to cultural engagements and appropriations, and examines art's role in unravelling Brazil's foundational myths and its projected image as a racial melting pot. Richly illustrated, this book presents a compelling account of contemporary debates in Brazilian art.
Michael Asbury is Reader in the History and Theory of Art and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London. He has worked as an independent curator and art critic for over two decades and has written extensively on Brazilian modern and contemporary art.
Introduction: Contemporary, Brazilian, Art
1Order, Progress (and Love)
2Green: Contemporary Art and the Founding of the Nation
3Yellow: Contemporary Brazilian Art and Extractivism
4Blue: When was Contemporary Art?
5White: A Separation that Relates
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.12.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 135 illustrations, 115 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 190 x 250 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-800-6 / 1789148006 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-800-8 / 9781789148008 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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