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[A parte do fogo é uma publicaçao para intervir...]
1980To start with, the newspaper’s editorial statement was very clear concerning the basic purpose of A parte do fogo [The Fire’s Part]: to take part in Brazil’s cultural process and create a space devoted to reflection and to the production of [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110674 -
A velha arte agora
1976The discussion of the art system in Brazil in the text “A velha arte agora” [Old Art, Today] is clearly influenced by the curatorial work of Brazilian art critic Roberto Pontual. The statement revolves around the following topics: the ideology of [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110593 -
Cildo Meireles
1981This book on artist Cildo Meireles forms part of the ABC—Arte Brasileira Contemporânea—a collection published by the Fundação Nacional de Artes (Funarte), a governmental organization with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The volume contains the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1111069 -
Cildo Meireles: Eureka/Blindhotland
1975Cildo Meireles explains his series Blindhotland in the wider context of his production. In his view, Blindhotland demonstrates the limits and limitations of vision as opposed to the senses of touch and smell. Indeed, this would be a constant concern [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110594 -
Cruzeiro do Sul
1999Cildo Meireles asserts that he doesn’t defend any profession or nationality, and that he instead speaks about a region named Cruzeiro do Sul [the Southern Cross], which was divided by an imaginary line known as the Tordesillas line. He comments [...]ICAA Record ID: 776747 -
Inserções em circuitos ideológicos
1970This is a proposal for a work of art, by Cildo Meireles, to be called “Inserções em Circuitos Ideológicos — Projeto Coca-Cola.” In the proposal, the Brazilian artist gives specific instructions for the execution of the project: make the [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110615 -
Inserções em circuitos ideológicos (1970)
1981In this text, Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles recalls the late sixties when he and other artists “first came into contact with what was truly of interest,” mainly acting directly on real “situations” rather than creating representations of [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110568 -
Manifesto
1976The text that accompanies this manifesto—that is critical of the Salão de Arte Agora I—describes the Brazilian art market mindset and the resources at its disposal. The manifesto challenges the role of the critic who submits to the prevailing [...]ICAA Record ID: 1111318 -
Quem se desloca recebe, quem pede tem preferência
1975This document is a text and a graphic work by Cildo Meireles published in 1975, in the first issue of the magazine Malasartes. In it, the artist includes a series of works that, in his judgment, exist at the margins of the art circuit, which either [...]ICAA Record ID: 1111328