Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Original exhibition title Rubem Valentim : construções afro-atlânticas
Construções afro-atlânticas :
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| Other authors / contributors: | Pedrosa, Adriano, editor.
Oliva, Fernando, editor, curator, contributor.
Lapin Dardashti, Abigail, contributor.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, host institution, issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 9788531000546
8531000548
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| Notes: | Catalog of the exhibition "Rubem Valentim: Construções afro-atlânticas (Afro-Atlantic Constructions) held at Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), November 14, 2018 -- March 10, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English.
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| Summary: | Construções afro-atlânticas [Afro-Atlantic Constructions] reproduces 99 artworks by the painter, sculptor and engraver Rubem Valentim's (Salvador, Brazil, 1922 - São Paulo, Brazil, 1991), a key figure in 20th century Brazilian art and Afro-Atlantic Histories. From the 1950s onward, Valentim incorporated the language of geometric abstraction to create complex compositions that redesigned and reconfigured Afro-Atlantic symbols, emblems and references. In this process, Valentim transformed the European artistic languages that dominated most of the art production in Brazil and worldwide during the 1950-60s (geometric abstraction, constructivism and concretism), blending them with African references, mostly through drawings and diagrams representing the deities of Afro-Brazilian religions-known as orishas-such as Shango's double-edged axe, Oshoosi's arrow and Osanyin's rods.
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