Leonilson : agora e as oportunidades / organização editorial e curadoria : Adriano Pedrosa, com assistência de Teo Teotonio ; textos: Adriano Pedrosa [and six others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonilson, José, 1957-1993, artist.

Contributor:

Pedrosa, Adriano, 1965- editor, curator, writer of added commentary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leonilson, José, 1957-1993--Criticism and interpretation.

Leonilson, José.

Leonilson, José, 1957-1993--Exhibitions.

Art--Brazil--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art.

Artists--Brazil--20th century--Biography.

Artists.

AIDS (Disease) and art--Brazil--Exhibitions.

AIDS (Disease) and art.

Physical Description:

426 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.

Edition:

1a. edição.

Place of Publication:

São Paulo : MASP, 2024.

Language Note:

In Portuguese.

Summary:

Leonilson (José Leonilson Bezerra Dias, Fortaleza, Brazil, 1957-1993, São Paulo, Brazil) is a central figure in Brazilian and Latin American art and a key reference in the broader context of artists who address queer themes. Although often associated with the 80's Generation, his most unique and mature works were produced in the last five years of his life, between 1989 and 1993, the period that serves as the framework for this book - he died as a result of complications from AIDS, at the age of 36. During this brief period, Leonilson developed a highly personal language, often incorporating text in a poetic and diaristic manner into his drawings, paintings, installations, and embroidery. Her works intensely express her passions and emotions, exploring themes such as love, abandonment, loss, loneliness, and illness. However, he also reflects on his feelings towards politics, as seen in the painting that gives this book its title, Agora e oportunidades, along with other works in the series dedicated to minorities. This publication is the largest monograph published on Leonilson to this day, accompanying a large exhibition dedicated to him at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand.

Contents:

Apresentação / Itaú Cultural

Leonilson no MASP / Adriano Pedrosa

Leonilson agora: novas oportunidades / Adriano Pedrosa

- Sobre distâncias e viagens / Carlos Eduardo Riccioppo

Mãos pegando fogo. Leonilson em meio as redes de bordados queer / Julia Bryan-Wilson Peroso

Carta para Leonilson e suas pedrinhas douradas / Miguel A. Lopez

Potencialidade negativa / Irene V. Smell

Aproximar-se, guardando distância. Considerações sobre a abordagem da obra de Leonilson / Pablo Lafuente

Reproduções dos trabalhos

Conversas concentradas / Leonilson, Adriano Pedrosa

Nota biográfica / Teo Teotonio

Historico de exposições

Lista de trabalhos na exposição.

Notes:

Catálogo da exposição realizada em São Paulo no MASP, de 23 de agosto a 17 de novembro de 2024." --Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-419).

ISBN:

9786557770719

9786557770627

6557770624