Details

Subject(s)

• Cunha, José Antônio, 1948-—Catalogs [Browse]
• Art—Brazilian—Brazil—Salvador—21st century—Catalogs [Browse]

Curator

• Barata, Danillo [Browse]

Summary note

"The book is an account of how artist J. Cunha (Itapagipe, Baixa, 1948) appropriates several affective territories of the Indian and African deities, baiano modernism, the hinterland, the tropicalismo. In a universe populated by Kiriri Indians (his ancestors on his mother side), caboclos, orixás, gypsies, queens and kings, Cunha uses traditional and contemporary devices as a creator without limits. "In the 1990's, J. Cunha painted "Códice" which sums up the art, a masterwork that contains a reading of his entire repertoire, which was recreated in 2014, in the monumental railings for the national Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB), a landmark in the historic center of Salvador"--Page 8.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

Parallel text in Portuguese and English.

Contents

O universo de J. Cunha = The universe of J. Cunha / Danilo Barata -- Reflexão e exterioridade = Reflection and exteriority / Roberto Conduru -- O códice de J. Cunha: Livro santo da cor = J. Cunha Codex of: Holy book of color / Marcello Moreira -- Um encontro com o artista = Encountering the artist / Kabengele Munanga -- Barroco Safado = Shameless Baroque -- Mutum-Homem Pássaro = Mutum-Bird-Man -- Sertão e Luz = Hinterland and Light -- Carnavália = Carnavalia -- Áfricas = Africas -- Códice = Codex -- Linha do tempo = Timeline / Nadja Vladi.

Other title(s)

Universe of J. Cunha

ISBN

• 9788586551505 ((pbk.))
• 8586551503

OCLC

957774340

RCP

N - O