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Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color

Mari Carmen Ramirez

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One the most creative artists of the twentieth century, Hlio Oiticica played a key role in the "Tropicalia" movement in Brazil, and in the overall development of Latin American art and culture. Beginning with formal, abstract works on paper, he progressed to creating labyrinths, works that could be worn as clothing, structures hung from the ceiling, and works that featured pure, vivid pigments. The large-scale environments he created toward the end of his career opened up new sensory worlds for gallery visitors, inviting them to take off their shoes and walk in sand or share the exhibition space with live, brilliantly colored tropical parrots. Drawing on new research and including previously unseen works, this is the most extensive publication yet on this crucial Latin American artist.

Pages: 416

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tate

Release: April 01, 2007

ISBN: 1854377434

ISBN 13: 9781854377432

Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color

Mari Carmen Ramirez

4/5 ( ratings)

One the most creative artists of the twentieth century, Hlio Oiticica played a key role in the "Tropicalia" movement in Brazil, and in the overall development of Latin American art and culture. Beginning with formal, abstract works on paper, he progressed to creating labyrinths, works that could be worn as clothing, structures hung from the ceiling, and works that featured pure, vivid pigments. The large-scale environments he created toward the end of his career opened up new sensory worlds for gallery visitors, inviting them to take off their shoes and walk in sand or share the exhibition space with live, brilliantly colored tropical parrots. Drawing on new research and including previously unseen works, this is the most extensive publication yet on this crucial Latin American artist.

Pages: 416

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tate

Release: April 01, 2007

ISBN: 1854377434

ISBN 13: 9781854377432

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