Hélio Oiticica, to organize delirium / Lynn Zelevansky, Elisabeth Sussman, James Rondeau, Donna De Salvo, with Anna Katherine Brodbeck ; with contributions by Martha Scott Burton, Frederico Coelho, Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz, Sérgio B. Martins, Adele Nelson, Irene V. Small, Guilherme Wisnik.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, October 1, 2016-January 2, 2017; The Art Institute of Chicago, February 19-May 7, 2017; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 14-October 1, 2017. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302) and index.
Contents:
Work, 1973-80 -- Donna de Salvo -- Preface / Lynn Zelevansky, Elisabeth Sussman, James Rondeau, Donna de Salvo -- Chronology of the life of Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980). Lynn Zelevansky -- There is no repetition: Hélio Oiticica's early practice / Adele Nelson -- Tropicália/Tropicalismo: the power of multiplicity / Guilherme Wisnik -- Work, 1955-69 -- "The cage-bed of dreams": Hélio Oiticica and the evolution of the Barracão / James Rondeau -- Between the public and private: subterrania / Elisabeth Sussman -- Outlaws, outcasts, and antiheroes: Hélio Oiticica's New York connections / Martha Scott Burton -- Hélio Oiticica and the development of new media: in between Brazil and New York / Anna Katherine Brodbeck -- TROPICAMP: pre- and post-Tropicália at once: some contextual notes on Hélio Oiticica's 1971 text / Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz -- Work, 1969-73 -- Subterranean Tropicália projects->Newyorkaises->Conglomerado: the infinite book of Hélio Oiticica / Frederico Coelho -- Hendrix unbound: Hélio Oiticica's tragic take on rock / Sérgio B. Martins -- Hélio's COUSIN: cocaine and the relations of production in the life and work of Hélio Oiticica / Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz -- Work, 1973-80 -- Permanent evolution: Hélio Oiticica and the return to Rio, 1978-80 / Irene V. Small -- Exhibiting Oiticica: lost and loss / Donna de Salvo -- Chronology of the life of Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980).
Summary:
"This catalogue accompanies the first full US retrospective of the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980) in over two decades, organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art. It explores Oiticica's most acclaimed works, such as the "Parangolés" and the installation "Tropicália," as well as his involvement with music, literature, and response to Brazilian politics and the social environment. Essays by US and Latin American writers cover the entirety of his career, from his immersion in the 1960s counterculture to his life and work in New York City and final return to Rio de Janeiro, with special emphasis on his New York period between 1971 and 1978"-- Provided by publisher.
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