This workshop explores the period from the late 1960s through the 1980s,  in which prominent Brazilian artists claimed that their work existed at  the margins of society, both apart and alienated from the conservative social order, taking up the term "marginália" or marginality. To position oneself as a marginal was an active strategy, rather than a  passive position. These artists proposed an alternative strategy to  hegemonic artistic modes of production. They were influenced by the "Tropicália" movement, which merged the modern and the archaic, national  elements and international trends. These novel practices transcended  traditional mediums, eschewing the finished work of art in favour of  actions, interventions and propositions.  

CLAUDIA CALIRMAN is Associate Professor at John Jay College of Criminal  Justice, New York, in the Department of Art and Music. Her areas of  study are Latin American, modern, and contemporary art. She is the  author of "Brazilian Art under Dictatorship: Antonio Manuel, Artur  Barrio, and Cildo Meireles" (Duke University Press, 2012), which  analyses the intersection of politics and the visual arts during the  most repressive years of Brazil's military regime, from 1968 until 1975.  The book received the 2013 Arvey Award by the Association for Latin  American Art. Calirman is a 2013 recipient of the Arts Writers Grant  from Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation and was the 2008-2009 Jorge  Paulo Lemann Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin  American Studies at Harvard University. She is a member of the  International Association of Art Critics (AICA). Calirman has curated  several exhibitions in New York, including "Berna Reale: While You  Laugh" (Nara Roesler Gallery, NY, 2019); "Basta! Art and Violence in  Latin America" (John Jay College, 2016); and "Antonio Manuel: I Want to  Act, not Represent!" (Americas Society, 2011).

Introduction, moderation and audio editing: Katerina Valdivia Bruch

The workshop was held on 10 June 2020.

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