Hélio Oiticica / [edited by Ossian Ward, Martin Fox].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980, artist.

Logsdail, Alex, author of foreword.

Contributor:

Ward, Ossian, editor.

Fox, Martin, 1974- editor.

Oiticica Filho, César, contributor.

Zelevansky, Lynn, contributor.

Lisson Gallery (New York, N.Y.), organizer, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980--Exhibitions.

Oiticica, Hélio.

Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980--Themes, motives--Exhibitions.

Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980--Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Oiticica, Hélio, 1937-1980.

Art, Brazilian--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art, Brazilian.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Themes, motives.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

93 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Lisson Gallery, 2021.

Summary:

Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica's (1937-80) oeuvre remains an indisputable influence on all aspects of avant-garde culture in his home country and abroad, from visual art to music, theater, literature and beyond. This volume demonstrates the numerous ways in which Oiticica's work explored and expanded formal artistic modes, pushing past the boundaries of color and structure. Oiticica prioritized the inclusive and participatory possibilities of art, represented through his forays into environmental art and interactive installation. Large-scale projects such as his monumental installation Tropicália (1966-67), which satirizes the idea of Brazil as a tropical paradise, are documented alongside his works on paper and textile pieces. The text traces the evolution of Oiticica's multidisciplinary practice and underlines the cosmological ideas that guided his approach to art and life, demonstrating the profound impact Oiticica's ideas had on the wider art world, both past and present.

Contents:

Foreword / Alex Logsdail

Hélio Oiticica's path to Eden / Lynn Zelevansky

Metaspace / César Oiticica Filho

Plates

Chronology

List of works

Credits.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Lisson Gallery, New York, October 28, 2020-January 23, 2021.

ISBN:

0947830804

9780947830809

OCLC:

1255463160