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Art Systems

Elena Shtromberg

2016238 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2016
first published
  • 2016de Gruyter GmbH, Walter · ENGISBN 9781477308080
  • 2016University of Texas Press · ENGISBN 9781477307441
  • 2016University of Texas Press · ENGISBN 9781477308097
  • 2016University of Texas Press · 238 pages · ENGISBN 9781477308585

"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"--

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