From currency and maps to heavily censored newspapers and television programming; Art Systems explores visual forms of critique and subversion during the height of Brazilian dictatorship; drawing sometimes surprising connections between artistic production and broader processes of social exchange during a period of authoritarian modernization. Positioning the works beyond the prism of politics; Elena Shtromberg reveals subtle forms of subversion and critique that reinvented the artistsrsquo; political terrain.Analyzing key examples from Cildo Meireles; Antonio Manuel; Artur Barrio; Anna Bella Geiger; Sonia Andrade; Geraldo Mello; and others; the book offers a new framework for theorizing artistic practice. By focusing on the core economic; media; technological; and geographic conditions that circumscribed artistic production during this pivotal era; Shtromberg excavates an array of art systems that played a role in the everyday lives of Brazilians. An examination of the specific historical details of the social systems that were integrated into artistic production; this unique study showcases works that were accessed by audiences far outside the confines of artistic institutions. Proliferating during one of Brazilrsquo;s most socially and politically fraught decades; the worksmdash;spanning cartography to video artmdash;do not conform to an easily identifiable style; form; material use; or medium. As a result of this breadth; Art Systems gives voice to the multifaceted forces at play in a unique chapter of Latin American cultural history.
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