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2018.7 | AICA 1959 within its Geopolitical Context and the Question of the “Menschenbild” as a Paradigm of Post-War Modernity

31. Mai 2018  by 

My paper will discuss the geopolitical and cultural context of the Extraordinary Congress of AICA held in Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in 1959 as a starting point of reflection. In 1959, the second documenta was opened, the Biennial of São Paulo was put on view in a new building of Oscar Niemeyer, ... Read more...

2018.4 | Avantgarde, Politik und radikale Pädagogik im historiografischen “Turn” in der Kunst Lateinamerikas

14. März 2018  by 

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2017.9 | 3 Sessions on Postwar modernity | Universidade de Brasília

23. August 2017  by 

Lecture series at the Universidade de Brasília on current research topics in Brazilian-German art of the post-war era. September 18-19, 2017 Organized by Prof. Dr. Marcelo Mari Session 1, Sept 18 – Art: Exhibition of Brazilian Artists at Haus der Kunst in Munich 1959 The session will shed light on the contexts in which Brazilian ... Read more...

2017.3 | Max Bense / Aloisio Magalhães, Germany 1969

10. April 2017  by 

University of Geneva, invited lecture 15.3.2017 Max Bense / Aloisio Magalhães, Germany 1969 The Transcultural and Popular Context of “History of a Sign” If the Modernist impulse requires new approaches, then many argue that highlighting the networks of artistic exchange is one way of reactualizing the Modernist paradigm. In 1969, Brazilian artist and designer Aloisio ... Read more...

2015 – | Brazil in Dialogue Research Plattform

1. Januar 2016  by 

“Brazil in Dialogue” is a loose conglomeration of researchers of the Free University Berlin and other institutions who dedicate their work to Brazilian art, art history and transcultural concepts. It is associated and/or linked to the research group “Transcultural Negotiations in the Ambits of Art. Comparative Perspectives on Historical Contexts and Contemporary Constellations” at Free ... Read more...

2014 – | Conceptions of Modernity | Brazilian Constructivism

1. Januar 2016  by 

Alfredo VOLPI, http://www.democrart.com.br/aboutart/artista/alfredo-volpi/ Formation and Heritage of the Brazilian Constructivism and Neoconcretismo in the Transcultural Contexts of West German Conceptions of Modernity in the 1950s and 1960s The focus of the research project is the investigation into the development of post war modernism in the diplomatic context of the young German Federal Republic considering the ... Read more...