"Tupy or Not Tupy?" Examining Hybridity in Contemporary Brazilian Art

Updating the 1920s notion of Anthropophagy developed to symbolize through cannibalistic ritual the process of cultural assimilation that influences art, this article examines issues of naming, describing, and representing contemporary Brazilian art. In the first part of the article, the work of four...

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Published in:Studies in art education 2006-01, Vol.47 (2), p.102-117
Main Author: Bastos, Flavia M. C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Art Criticism
Art Education
Art exhibitions
Art Teachers
Artists
Assimilation
Brazil
Brazilian art
Brazilian culture
Constructivism (Learning)
Cultural identity
Cultural Influences
Cultural institutions
Culture
Ethnic Diversity
Exhibits
Foreign Countries
Futures (of Society)
History
Human cannibalism
Hybridity
Investment
Modern art
Nationalism
Native Language
United States
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Summary:Updating the 1920s notion of Anthropophagy developed to symbolize through cannibalistic ritual the process of cultural assimilation that influences art, this article examines issues of naming, describing, and representing contemporary Brazilian art. In the first part of the article, the work of four contemporary Brazilian artists recently exhibited in the United States frames criticism to the common practice of labeling contemporary artworks according to national identity. In the article's second section, Brazil's multifaceted cultural and artistic context will be used to outline implications for art education and institutional practices more attuned to the transnational dimensions of art. In conclusion, hybridity becomes a twofold framework. It describes, as Anthropophagy did before, cultural layering, negotiations, and disputes. It also articulates a political position more fitting to capture and interpret the art produced in our global age, not only in Brazil.
ISSN:0039-3541
2325-8039
DOI:10.1080/00393541.2006.11650488