Espaço Aberto/Espaço Fechado: Sites for Sculpture in Modern Brazil

Description

Espaço Aberto/Espaço Fechado (Open Space/Closed Space) explores Brazilian Modernism - its new and old centres, its new and old generations, its arriving and departing artists, and the importance of sculpture in official spaces and in unofficial interventions.

With introductions by Penelope Curtis and Stephen Feeke of the Henry Moore Institute, this publication contains an extensive catalogue of the works and artists featured in the exhibition, along with the following essays:

I: The Bienal de São Paulo: Between nationalism and internationalism
Michael Astbury

II: The 1960s and 70s: The difficult decades

Cacilda Teixeira Da Costa

III: Space and Democracy: Places for art in Brazil since the 80s
Felipe Chaimovich

There may be signs of age or yellowing to the pages as these are original copies from the publishing year. This is reflected in the pricing of the text.