A presente dissertação tem como objetivo ressaltar os caminhos dos fluxos literários estabelecidos dentro do macrossistema literário de língua portuguesa a partir dos romances São Bernardo, de Graciliano Ramos e Casa na Duna, de Carlos de Oliveira. A análise de ambos os romances é empreendida buscando destacar a codificação artística fruto de um rigoroso trabalho estilístico em correlação com a realidade social de ambos os escritores, evidenciamos assim a concepção (neo) realista da obra de arte como uma unidade sensível de forma e conteúdo que propicia um conhecimento do mundo dos homens sob a sociedade capitalista através dos destinos de Paulo Honório e Mariano Paulo. Buscamos também destacar elementos que evidenciam a apropriação que ambos os autores operam da tradição literária deste macrossistema, constituindo assim uma atualização do realismo como método de composição literária. / This paper aims to show the paths of literary flows established within the Portuguese literary macrossystem in the novels São Bernardo, by Graciliano Ramos and Casa na Duna, by Carlos de Oliveira. The analysis of both novels aims to highlight the artistic codification as a result of a close estilistic labor in relation to their social environment, emphasizing the (neo)realistic notion of the work of art as a sensitive unity of form and content which provides (self)consciousness of mens world in capitalism through Paulo Honório and Mariano Paulos destinies. We also try to highlight the aspects that show both writers appropriation of this macrossystem literary tradition, being an update of realism as a way of literary compostion.

Curious to understand my fascination with and attraction to certain individuals who live and work in urban, often economically disadvantaged environments, my thesis exhibition explores properties of paint and image to develop a personal and compelling visual vocabulary that communicates as well as celebrates the strength, power, confidence and swag of these individuals. This work investigates the "face" people front in public in order to survive their situations. Representing individuals within my own community in Miami, these portraits help me come to terms with the way I too have adopted and performed identities of survival. Additionally, I want this work to make visual record of these compelling individuals rarely acknowledged within the history of art. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014.. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:30:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Julia Marino Agostinho.pdf: 7472623 bytes, checksum: db6532dcc303850a67815584fd1bce39 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-06 / The objective of this essay is to understand the social-historical aspect of the work of art Navio de Emigrantes [Ship of Emigrants] by Lasar Segall, an artist born in Vilnius, Lithuania, naturalized Brazilian citizen. The work of art, besides showing its power, as it is impossible to determine an artistic line due to its being always contemporaneous, allow us a visual and material contact with our own selves. Thus, as we cannot be detached from it, this dissertation presents and discusses the intrinsic relationship between art and society, based on a frame constructed through a contemporaneous fact: the Diaspora / Este trabalho objetiva a compreensão histórico-social da obra de arte intitulada Navio de Emigrantes, do artista Lasar Segall, nascido em Vilna e naturalizado brasileiro. A referida obra de arte, por ser contemporânea, mostra seu poder ao não permitir que se lhe atribua uma determinada linha artística. Também deve ser considerada a impossibilidade de um distanciamento entre a obra e seus espectadores visto que ela estabelece com eles um contato visual e material. Por esse motivo, nesta dissertação é apresentada e discutida a relação intrínseca entre arte e sociedade com base em um quadro construído através de um fato contemporâneo: a diáspora

Categoria central da estética desde a modernidade, a autonomia da arte é sustentada até mesmo pelas teorias filosóficas que pretendem problematizar os aspectos sociais e políticos do fenômeno artístico. O caráter histórico das produções culturais não passou despercebido por pensadores como Adorno e Marcuse, por exemplo, mas os elementos culturalmente conservadores de suas estéticas talvez tenham imposto limitações importantes a suas pretensões críticas, a despeito da intenção de seus autores. Dentre os estudiosos do século XX que buscaram compreender o lugar e a função social da arte, investigamos o trabalho de Pierre Bourdieu, especialmente por vermos nele uma ruptura com a ideia de autonomia da arte e suas noções auxiliares, tais como gosto puro, poder transubstanciador da arte, leitor como co-autor, artista como gênio incriado, arte como esfera separada da vida prática, desinteresse da fruição estética etc. Ao investigar sua obra, pretendemos não somente demonstrar o caráter de legitimadores das desigualdades sociais que possuem os discursos filosóficos de autores como Peter Bürger, Arthur Danto, Terry Eagleton e os já citados Adorno e Marcuse, como também mostrar que há problemas teóricos importantes que podem ser explicitados e explicados pelo cotejamento de suas ideias com as de Bourdieu. Este caracterizou o consumo cultural como marcador social e, por meio de investigações empíricas e teóricas, numa interseção entre sociologia e filosofia, problematizou diversos fundamentos da estética erudita que explicam sua função de legitimadora social e permitem identificar sua permanência e força mesmo nos discursos filosóficos que buscam explicitar a raiz histórica e social dos fenômenos artísticos. / Central category from Aesthetic since modernity, the autonomy of art is supported even by philosophical theories that claim to discuss the social and political aspects of the artistic phenomenon. The historical character of cultural productions has not gone unnoticed by thinkers such as Adorno and Marcuse, for example, but the cultural conservative elements of their aesthetic perhaps have imposed crucial limitations on their critical pretensions, despite the intentions of the authors. Among the scholars of the twentieth century who sought to understand the place and the social function of art, we investigated Pierre Bourdieu\'s work, especially because we believe he breaks with the idea of autonomy of art and its auxiliary concepts such as pure taste art\'s transubstantiation power, reader as co-author, artist as uncreated genius, art as a separate sphere from practical life, aesthetic enjoyment disinterest etc. To investigate his work, we intend to not only demonstrate the legitimating character of social inequalities from the philosophical discourses of authors such as Peter Bürger, Arthur Danto, Terry Eagleton and aforementioned Adorno and Marcuse, but also show that there are important theoretical problems that can be clarified and explained by confronting his ideas with those of Bourdieu. His characterization the cultural consumption as a social marker and through empirical and, through theoretical investigations in the intersection of sociology and philosophy, problematized various grounds of scholar aesthetics explaining its social legitimizing function and identifying its permanence and strength even in philosophical speeches seeking to explain the historical and social roots of the artistic phenomena.

Orientador(a): Rosangella Leote / Banca: Giselle Beiguelman / Banca: Patrícia Moran / Resumo: A presente pesquisa surgiu do meu trabalho em processo chamado "Abandonamento", realizado por meio de projeções audiovisuais temporárias em lugares abandonados. Em sua parte teórica, a pesquisa aborda diferentes relações entre o artista e o seu local de trabalho, resultando em obras direcionadas para um lugar específico (predeterminado), prática conhecida como site-specific. Discussões sobre aproximações entre arte e lugares abandonados ou em ruínas, partem do pensamento de autores como Andreas Huyssen, Marion Segaud, Miwon Kwon e Nick Kaye, entre outros. Durante a parte prática, foi produzida uma nova versão do projeto intitulada "Abandonamento: Brasil/Rússia", apresentada publicamente em fevereiro de 2019. Ambas as etapas aconteceram em paralelo, encaixando o projeto na linha de pesquisa Processos e Procedimentos Artísticos, do Instituto de Artes da UNESP / Abstract: This research resulted from my work in progress called "Abandonamento", which has been developed through temporary audiovisual projections at abandoned places. The theoretical basis of this research approaches different relations between the artist and his workplace, thus rising works aimed at a specific (predetermined) place, a practice commonly known as site-specific. Debates on the relationship between art and abandoned places - or, rather, ruins - refer to authors like Andreas Huyssen, Marion Segaud, Miwon Kwon, Nick Kaye and others. As for a practical approach to that I have devised a new stage for this work, named "Abandonamento: Brasil/Rússia",presented in an open exhibition in February, 2019. Both stages happened at the same time, which makes this project suitable to the Artistic Processes and Procedures requirements at the UNESP Arts Institute / Mestre

Believing that ideas about evolution and genetics are playing an increasing role in popular conceptions of who we are and what it means to be human, I sought ways to express this through my art. In particular I tried to articulate these notions through figurative sculpture. As the role of figurative sculpture in expressing current ideas about being human has declined in the West, I saw this as a challenge. It was the intent of my Masters program to reposition the sculpted body back within contemporary western cultural contexts. For an understanding of those contexts I relied heavily on my own culturally embedded experience and observations. I took as background my readings of evolutionary inspired literature and linked it with my interpretations of the genetic mythologies so prevalent in recent movies. The result was an image of contemporary humans as multifaceted, yet subservient to their genes. These genes appear to be easily manipulated and the product of technological intervention as much as, if not more than, inherited characteristics. As part of developing a sculptural form able to manifest this, I investigated some non-western traditions. I used field trips and residencies to research Buddhist and Hindu sculptures of the body and developed an interest in the spatial and conceptual relationships between those bodies. Through making figurative work in the studio, I came to realise the figures' inadequacy in expressing temporal relationships. As temporal change is a fundamental element of evolution and genetics, I needed to explore this element. The result was a number of series; groups of works that create their own context of relationships. Not all these groups use sculptures of the body but they evoke the notion of bodies, naturally or technologically hybridised, mutating, transforming, evolving and related to each other generationaly through time.

Firstly, sexuality and death are discussed as instinctual drives, specifically through Freud's essay, Beyond The Pleasure Principle. Sexuality and death are then related through pleasurable attachment and painful severance. Next they are discussed in terms of Georges Bataille's notions of continuity and discontinuity. Secondly, The Garden of Eden is looked at as a mythological indicator of the psychological links between sexuality and death. Sexual differentiation has a role to play as woman is seen to be a signifier of death through the writings of Julia Kristeva and Victor Burgin. Thirdly, Plato's argument for immortality is discussed, specifically through The Phaedo. The argument centres on the separation of self from sexual pleasure in order to defeat death. Fourthly, the chastity of Mary and Christ is dealt with. It can be seen to be resultant of the tight connection between sexuality and death and relevant to a hope for immortality. For Christian theology there exists a necessary division for those who are immortal from their own earthly carnality. Fifthly, Julia Kristeva's notion of Abjection is looked at through her essay, Powers of Horror. Abjection plays a significant role in the attempt at repression of the sexual drive and the death drive. Lastly, the reflection of Narcissus is observed. There seems a human need for a reflection self that goes beyond notions of delusionistic beauty or reviling horror. Sexuality and death are accepted as most essential aspects of our being. Abjection leads to a rejection then an acceptance of our own perishing carnality. / Master of Arts (Hons)

This thesis embraces a cross-disciplinary approach to the examination of Jewish body culture, and integrates aspects of Jewish studies with new theories of gender and visual culture, thus contributing specifically to the field of Jewish body culture in relation to the visual arts. It demonstrates that at the fin de si??cle the Zionist artist, Ephraim Moses Lilien, integrated Nordau's concept of 'Muscular Jewry' and Buber's notion of a 'Jewish Cultural Renaissance' in order to figure the 'New Jew'. It establishes that Lilien's figuring of 'Muscular Jewry' as a visibly athletic, explicitly heterosexual, male body, bearing Jewish distinction, was developed as a crucial strategy to overcoming the twin dilemmas of Jewish alterity: antisemitism and assimilation. By proving that Lilien's art serves as a crucial model for both regenerating the Jewish male body and resisting antisemitic projections of decadence and degeneracy, this thesis expands upon current scholarship. It applies Margaret Olin's theory of ' visual redemption' to Lilien's figuring of the 'New Jew' and Daniel Boyarin's articulation of Homi Bhaba's Post-Colonial theory of mimicry as imitation, inversion and resistance to determine how Lilien's images functioned as an art of resistance against the dominant Christian European culture. By demonstrating how Lilien drew upon the modern and rebellious Jugendstil to figure the 'New Jew' and produce a new, defiant and authentic Jewish visual culture, this thesis proves he transformed the image of the diaspora Jew into the New Hebrew or Israeli tsabar, forty years before it became part of Israeli identity. Nevertheless, this thesis also uncovers the double-binded predicament inherent to Lilien's quest; despite his attempt to use mimicry of the athleticised, hyper-masculine, genetically pure, normative body as a strategy to resist antisemitic rhetoric and invert its projection, the closest parallel to Lilien's figure of 'Muscular Jewry' remained this same image which became instrumental to eugenic campaigns across Europe, particularly in Nazi Germany. Ultimately what is exposed by this thesis is the illusion underpinning Lilien's figuring of the 'New Jew'; that the Christianised Eurocentric body culture, designed to eradicate decadence, degeneration and Semitism, could resolve the problematic struggle for a Jewish national identity.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Open University. BLDSC no. DX231423.

While ambitious art museums, biennials, galleries, curators, and critics promoted early Colombian conceptual art and its antecedents as being part of the latest international art trends, the intrepid iconoclasts who created it were not at all interested in being au courant or international. Far from it, their primary focus was on addressing local issues and audiences. They had an ambivalent relationship to institutions, taking advantage of internationalization, which was part of a strategy for cultural and economic development. But these artists did so in order to insert their own tactics emerging from, and dealing with, the realities of underdevelopment. Artists such as Antonio Caro, Jorge Posada, and Efraín Arrieta--developing approaches first introduced by antecedents like Bernardo Salcedo, Feliza Bursztyn, and Beatriz González--sought to open the viewers' eyes to the concrete experience of the here-and-now through the use of usually banal and often ephemeral materials and techniques. They focused critically on social issues--nationalism, education, imperialism, agrarian inequity, governmental policy, and political organization. In taking on specific, timely, and usually local matters dealing with culture, politics, the economy, and social organization, they sought to upset the prevailing conditions outside as well as inside the realm of art. Even the introduction of new forms and ways of producing art should be seen as an ideological rather than a formal exercise since it constituted a cultural assault against the Colombian ruling class. This art, then, was political: it was motivated by beliefs regarding the public affairs of a country. I argue that early Colombian conceptual art was a visual means of exposing institutional strategies of control. I show how this art partook of the spirit of participation which marked the late 1960s and early 1970s in Colombia and in the world. In the process, I add to the understanding of this tumultuous period in world history, since my study is an example of the complex processes of cultural production in an age of globalization. / text