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Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil brings together the work of ten artists who reflect upon the long-standing histories of oppressive power structures in the territory now known as Brazil. Blurring the line between art and activism and spanning installation, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video, these artists contribute to local and global conversations about the state of democracy, racial injustice, and the violence inflicted by the nation-state. This first English-language, book-length study of contemporary Brazilian art in relationship to activism assembles artist-authored texts, interviews, essays, and a conceptual mapping of Brazilian history to illuminate the function of art as a platform for critical engagement with the historical, political, and cultural configurations of a particular place. By refusing to remain neutral, these artists create spaces of vibrant and vital community and self-construction to explore how healing and justice may be possible, especially in the Black, LGBTQIA+, and Indigenous communities to which many of them belong.
Contents
Preface: Brazilian Art at the Visual Arts Center MacKenzie Stevens
Introduction Adele Nelson and MacKenzie Stevens
Artist Interviews
Stitching Memory: Interview with Rosana Paulino Lorraine Leu
Quotidian Transmutations: Interview with Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro Maria Emilia Fernandez
Listening to the Collective Voice: Interview with Aline Motta Maria Emilia Fernandez
Plates
Artist Texts
Carta aos ind.genas do planeta Marte com c.digos de reconhecimento do planeta Terra / Letter to the Indigenous Peoples of Planet Mars with Recognition Codes from Planet Earth Denilson Baniwa
Jupiter is Here. Celestial is Everything. Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro
Fundamento / Foundation MarÉ de Matos
Installation Views
Artist Entries
Denilson Baniwa Thiago Ferreira
Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro Maysa Martins
Guerreiro do Divino Amor Jana La Brasca
Jaime Lauriano Lucy Quezada
Mar. de Matos Chasitie Brown
Aline Motta Jennifer Sales
Lais Myrrha Pilar Dirickson Garrett
Antonio Ob. Thiago Ferreira
Rosana Paulino Martha Scott Burton
Sallisa Rosa Eva Caston
On Exhibitions and Pedagogy
Memories, Histories, and Fictions: The Sociogram as Method Catalina CherÑavvsky Sequeira
Citation, Translation, and Representation: US Exhibitions of Brazilian Art Adele Nelson
Artist Biographies
Contributors
Exhibition Checklist
Acknowledgments
Credits
