My paper will discuss the geopolitical and cultural context of the Extraordinary Congress of AICA held in Brasília, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in 1959 as a starting point of reflection. In 1959, the second documenta was opened, the…
Lecture series at the Universidade de Brasília on current research topics in Brazilian-German art of the post-war era. September 18-19, 2017 Organized by Prof. Dr. Marcelo Mari Session 1, Sept 18 – Art: Exhibition of Brazilian Artists at Haus der…
University of Geneva, invited lecture 15.3.2017 Max Bense / Aloisio Magalhães, Germany 1969 The Transcultural and Popular Context of “History of a Sign” If the Modernist impulse requires new approaches, then many argue that highlighting the networks of artistic exchange…
2.6.2016 Schmela-Haus, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Düsseldorf Vortrag im Rahmen der Reihe «Museum Global?» «Politische Verflechtungen im brasilianisch-deutschen Kulturaustausch und ihre Bedeutung für eine Revision der deutschen Kunstgeschichte der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit»
Alfredo VOLPI, Formation and Heritage of the Brazilian Constructivism and Neoconcretismo in the Transcultural Contexts of West German Conceptions of Modernity in the 1950s and 1960s The focus of the research project is the investigation into the development of…