Questão 31 - UFPel PAVE - Etapa 1 2021

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SOUTH AMERICAN ART

Modernism in Brazil: One Week That Has Changed It All

Vithória Konzen Dill 29 JULY 2021

 

Modernism in Brazil: (left to right) Anita Malfatti, Mário de Andrade,
Menotti del Picchia, Oswald de Andrade, and Tarsila do Amaral. Fonte:
Image by Caio! via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

 

    In 1922, the Semana de Arte Moderna (Modern Art Week) was held in Brazil. Marking the official beginning of Modernism in Brazil, the event lasted an entire week. From February 11th to 18th, modern tendencies of visual arts were on display in the city of São Paulo. It was the first collective public manifestation in favor of a new and modern spirit in the arts.

 

    The Turning Point of Modernism in Brazil

    Artistic manifestations of the group that became the Brazilian Modernist vanguard were already happening since the 1910s. Five influential artists were ahead of the movement: painters Anita Malfatti (1889–1964) and Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973) along with writers Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988), Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954), and Mário de Andrade (1893–1945). Known for their pivotal role in the arts, they were called the “Group of Five.”

 

    The Modern Art Week, also called the Week of 22, defined the movement and introduced it to the general public. Organized by artists from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the event took place in the Municipal Theater of São Paulo. In the year that marked 100 years of Independence of Brazil, their purpose was to transform this moment of celebration into one of artistic emancipation.

 

    The organizers didn’t have a common project or an agreed artistic proposal. They were simply united by the desire of going against traditional art with a sense of artistic freedom. Modernism wasn’t a rigid movement with defined rules, but a group of artists that denied outdated art norms. They searched for a new language not only for visual arts, but also literature, music, architecture, and dance.

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Referência: https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/ modernism­in­brazil/. Acesso em: 05/03/2022.

    Neste ano são comemorados os 100 anos da Semana de Arte Moderna de 22. Tal acontecimento é considerado o marco do Modernismo no país.

 

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