Modern and contemporary, the bull insists on keeping itself as Art’s main character in Mato Grosso do Sul

Autores

  • Marcos Antônio Bessa-Oliveira
  • Edgar Cézar Nolasco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.62322

Palavras-chave:

Mato Grosso do Sul. Local culture. Cattle Production. Humberto Espíndola. Visual arts. Contemporaneity.

Resumo

The State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, was established and politically from the geographic division of the State of Mato Grosso in 1977. The new State assumed the title of largest producer of dairy cattle and cropping in Latin America. Since then, various artistic themes have been addressed by local art production, as it has been done throughout Latin America: the artistic cultural productions turn their heads to their rural areas. From this period of division of states, cattle prevailed routinely as the most expressive theme of art production. In this production, cattle is preserved and supported both by the government and by its co-opted critics, which keep resonances in Mato Grosso do Sul’s artistic production. Horns, leather, iconographies, hot iron brands permeate the works made by artists born and residing in the State. This article aims to investigate critically this recurrence in artistic production between the years of 1977 and 2010, a period that marked the State of Mato Grosso do Sul as a particular artistic and cultural entity member of the National Assembly, by tracking the way in which the lowland landscape of the bull is still in keep with being an “artistic relief” representing the State. Using concepts like Charles Baudelaire’s beauty, as well as Theodor W. Adorno’s Essay as form, among others, this work aims to reflect on Mato Grosso do Sul’s current, post-division artistic situation. That is, why is the bull a constant in the state’s visual arts.

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Biografia do Autor

Marcos Antônio Bessa-Oliveira

PhD in Visual Arts by the University of Campinas (Unicamp). Holds a Master’s degree in Language Studies and a teaching degree in Visual Arts by the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS, 2010). Bessa-Oliveira researches the painting of Mato Grosso do Sul by studying the theories of biographical criticism and post-colonial Latin America.

Edgar Cézar Nolasco

Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Holds a Master’s degree in Theory of Literature and a PhD in Comparative Literature by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, 1997 and 2003). Additionally, holds a PhD in Cultural Studies by the Advanced Program of Contemporary Culture by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PACC/UFRJ).

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Publicado

2016-05-01

Como Citar

Bessa-Oliveira, M. A., & Nolasco, E. C. (2016). Modern and contemporary, the bull insists on keeping itself as Art’s main character in Mato Grosso do Sul. PORTO ARTE: Revista De Artes Visuais, 20(34). https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.62322

Edição

v. 20 n. 34 (2015): DOSSIÊ: Releituras

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