Two important media were intertwined in 1950s Brazil: architecture and photography.
Brazilian modernism
City planner Lùcio Costa’s graphic design for an ideal city was combined with architect Oscar Niemeyer’s artistic prowess and provocative use of concrete.
Building Brasília
How do you create perfectly straight edges in paint? See how Brazilian and Argentinian Concrete Artists did in this video from the Getty Museum
The Challenge of a Straight Line – ...
From the Getty Museum, discover how Brazilian Concrete Artists engaged with a rapidly industrializing culture by using the entire range of industrial paints developed in the 20th century
Painting in an Industrial Age – the ...
Discover how Argentine and Brazilian artists in the 1940s broke from linear perspective to create art in unique shapes, starting the Concrete Art movement.
Breaking the Frame – the Concrete Art ...
Parangolés demand to be worn and moved in.
Hélio Oiticica, Parangolés
Parente’s stitched statement reads both as a praise to her national and linguistic roots and as a critical response to the socio-political situation of Brazil.
Letícia Parente, Marca registrada
Modern architecture in Mexico and Brazil adapts the ideas of Le Corbusier in surprising and important ways.
International Style architecture in Mexico and Brazil
Beyond Europe, mapping the origins of Brazilian modernism.
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