Creator: Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980×

  • Fala, Hélio
    Pape, Lygia; Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1978
    Lygia Pape interviews Hélio Oiticica after he had returned from having lived for a period in New York. When asked about the term “Latin American art,” Oiticica says that he does not believe his work fits into that category, which he considers [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1111054

  • Apocalipopótese
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1969
    In this article, Hélio Oiticica looks back at Apocalipopótese, the event in which he participated in Rio de Janeiro in 1968. He discusses the meaning of the collective experience presented by his group (with no prior arrangement) that was the [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110682

  • Parangolé : da anti-arte as apropriações ambientais de Oiticica
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1967
    These are Hélio Oiticica’s notes, written in 1966 and 1967, in which he outlines the basic descriptions for the “Parangolés,” his series of multicolored capes. He associates the series with the concept of “anti-art” and the active [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110631

  • Os objetos-ideogramas de Gerchman
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1970
    In this essay, written in a critical-poetic style, Hélio Oiticica examines the connections between words and objects in Rubens Gerchman’s work, and calls them “objeto-ideograma” [object-ideogram]. These works seek to hold a dialogue about [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110630

  • O objeto : instâncias do problema do objeto
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1968
    In this essay, Hélio Oiticica discusses the nature of the “object” in contemporary art. He begins by analyzing the development of the object in modern art, though he considers it to be an extreme version of form. In his opinion, the object [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110629

  • Ligia Pape
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1975
    In this essay, Hélio Oiticica reviews Lygia Pape’s career, which has been skyrocketing ever since her Livro da criação, produced in 1960. Oiticica notes that Pape’s work is increasingly concerned with sensory experience, a trend that has been [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110628

  • Helio Oiticica Retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery, until April 6: Oiticica talks to Guy Brett
    Brett, Guy; Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1969
    The English critic Guy Brett interviews Hélio Oiticica, who describes some of the concepts involved in the works exhibited at his London retrospective. The artist explains his concepts of creative participation, “crelazer” [a hybrid word [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110627

  • [Apocalipopótese no Pavilhão Japonês]
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980; Duarte, Rogério
    1968
    Hélio Oiticica and Rogério Duarte describe the group experience called Apocalipopótese, a hybrid term that combines the words Apocalypse, hypothesis, and hippopotamus. The essay is written in a decidedly irreverent, poetic style that establishes a [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110621

  • Aparecimento do suprasensorial na arte brasileira
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1968
    In this essay, Hélio Oiticica discusses the ruptures to be created by a new objectual perspective in Brazilian art that he uses to define his concept of “super-sensory” experience. He is referring to art installations of an (inner) libertarian [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110620

  • A obra aberta
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1969
    In this essay, Hélio Oiticica discusses the concept of the “open work,” an approach to art that ignores the boundaries and the actual physical existence of the object. In this case, the object does not exist as something endowed with its own [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110619

  • Carlos Augusto Vergara
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1970
    This is a poetic critique of Carlos Vergara’s work, written by Hélio Oiticica. The review posits questions concerning the history of Brazilian modern art in which Oiticica, referring to Vergara’s pieces, identifies what he calls a work of art’ [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110552

  • Ho rio 18 julho 1978 CG
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1978
    Hélio Oiticica’s introduction to the work of Regina Vater takes the form of a visual poem; he discusses her exploration of extreme experimental situations which seek to solve the dead end question concerning “the why” of a [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110547

  • Hélio Oiticica
    Pereira, Carlos Alberto M.; Hollanda, Heloísa Buarque de, 1939-; Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1980
    This interview with Hélio Oiticica was conducted by the anthropologist Carlos Alberto Pereira and the literary critic Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda in Rio de Janeiro on October 15, 1979. Here the artist makes a clear distinction between political [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110511

  • Situação da vanguarda no Brasil
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1966
    Hélio Oiticica attempts to describe the Brazilian avant-garde’s views concerning an innovative phenomenon that clearly reflects the national character of the country rather than being an imitation of the North Americans or the Europeans. “Nova [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110376

  • Declaração Poética para "Opinião 66"
    Rancillae, Bernard; Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980; Paez, Jorge; Weiss, Hugh, 1925-; Gerchman, Rubens, 1942-2008; ESCOSTÉGUY, Pedro; Böckman, Bengt; Cordeiro, Waldemar, 1925-1973; Blanco, Nelson; Lublin, Lea, 1929-; Rubino, Giovanni; Alejandro Marcos; Nilsson, Johnny; Corneille; Proweller; Zekveld, Jacob; Liberato, Chico; Clark, Lygia; Cristian, Ernesto; Suárez, Ruisdfael; Atila
    1966
    This document is the catalogue for the exhibition Opinião 66, organized by Cérés Franco. It includes brief statements by participating artists, among them Lygia Clark who proposes “the precarious” as an existential concept. Hélio Oiticica [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110375

  • Esquema geral da nova objetividade
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1967
    The exhibition Nova Objetividade Brasileira was installed at the MAM-Rio (Museu de Arte Moderna, in Rio de Janeiro) from April 6 through 30, 1967, and it came to be considered a landmark event that exposed the various forms of art being produced in [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110372

  • Declaração de princípios básicos da vanguarda
    Mattar, Sami; Barata, Frederico; Colares, Raymundo; ESCOSTÉGUY, Pedro; Escostéguy, Solange; Landin, Renato; Vergara, Carlos; Morais, Frederico, 1936-; Nogueira Lima, Maurício; Zílio, Carlos; Rodrigues, Glauco; Clark, Lygia; Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980; Pape, Lygia; Maiolino, Anna Maria; Gerchman, Rubens, 1942-2008; Dias, Antônio, 1944-
    1967
    This manifesto—whose proponents were headed by the visual artist Antonio Dias—is essentially a statement of the principles that were adopted by a group of Brazilian avant-garde artists; these principles were inspired by the spirit of the 1960s [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110371

  • Sobre o "Projeto Cães de Caça"
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1961
    Hélio Oiticica describes the mock-up for the environmental project Cães de Caça [Hunting Dogs], a space consisting of five sets of works called “Penetráveis,” the “buried poem” by the writer and art critic [José Ribamar] Ferreira Gullar [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110354

  • Côr, tempo e estrutura
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1960
    In this article, Hélio Oiticica explains what he means by the terms “color,” “time,” “structure,” and even “space” as applied to his work, underscoring the interrelationships between these elements and the organic nature of his art. [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110353

  • [Cada vez que procuro situar]
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1961
    In this article, the artist Hélio Oiticica discusses the work of Lygia Clark. He believes that her work has become part of a historic art movement, and underscores his connections to the artist’s work. Oiticica expresses his admiration for Clark [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110352

  • A transição da côr do quadro para o espaço e o sentido de construtividade
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1962
    Hélio Oiticica presents his research into the transition from two-dimensional paintings to three-dimensional works of art, discussing some of his own projects—such as Invenções, Núcleos, and Penetráveis—and the designs for open air [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1110351

  • Amilcar de Castro
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1965
    In this article, Hélio Oiticica reviews Amílcar de Castro’s sculptural works, noticing as he does so that the artist is adopting a new approach within the context of constructive art by combining intellectual and expressive elements as part of [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1091536

  • Brasil diarréia
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1970
    According to Hélio Oiticica, the future of Brazilian modernism depends on the creation of an artistic language that can adopt a universal critical approach that is both “permanent and experimental.” His diagnosis of the state of Brazilian [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1090409

  • Tropicália
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1968
    Hélio Oiticica describes the origins of his work Tropicália, which he associates with the exhibition, Nova Objetividade Brasileira, and the idea behind this event that was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1967. Oiticica believes that avant-garde styles [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 1074985

  • Helio Oiticica : lettre ouverte aux sélectionné
    Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980
    1969
    In this open letter, Hélio Oiticica writes against the 1969 São Paulo Biennial and expounds on the situation of strict censorship prevailing in Brazil. He considers that it is reason enough for France not to participate either. In addition, [...]
    ICAA Record ID: 774506