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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 Neoconcretistsa group of artists and poets working together in Rio de Janeiro from 1959 to 1961formed an important part of this national transformation. She maps the interactions of the Neoconcretists and discusses how the artists and poets collaborated to challenge existing divides between high and low art and between fields such as fine art and dance. This book reveals how art and intellectual work in Brazil occurred within a local political and social context and also emerged from the transnational movement of artists, artworks, published materials, and ideas.

Table of Contents
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

The Affinity of Neoconcretism

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 7 March 2023
      ISBN-13 9780520388963
      978-0520388963
      ISBN-10 0520388968
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      The arts: general topics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 Neoconcretistsa group of artists and poets working together in Rio de Janeiro from 1959 to 1961formed an important part of this national transformation. She maps the interactions of the Neoconcretists and discusses how the artists and poets collaborated to challenge existing divides between high and low art and between fields such as fine art and dance. This book reveals how art and intellectual work in Brazil occurred within a local political and social context and also emerged from the transnational movement of artists, artworks, published materials, and ideas.

      Table of Contents
      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

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