Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: On several occasions in his writings, the Brazilian critic Mário Pedrosa (1900-1981) commented the fact that usually he was considered as a radical defender of the called “concrete” and “constructive” art. This self-defence often seemed to be made in jest, as if the subject was somehow unworthy of attention or useless. “Many people think this critic has a reputation for being sectarian, partisan, political, that he would only tolerate one type of art, usually described as ‘non-figurative’, ‘...
Source: Critique d’art
Author: Heloisa Espada
Language: English
Topic: Art, Politics, and Modernism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2557867668