Derek Jarman’s Blue has a complicated reception and exhibition history. Stuck between his past representational queer cinema and the inability to represent the suffering and death from AIDS, Jarman crafted a film of radical stylistics. It is in Blue’s striking color that a transversality of form, sensation, and visuality occurs, and in so doing, produces a space for synesthetic affectivity and collective desire. This thesis will use those radical formal elements and the history of Jarman and Blue to position color away from the phobic tradition of color theory and towards a flowing site of political rupture.

O poeta e cineasta britânico Derek Jarman, morto em 1994, aos 52 anos, vitimado pela AIDS, é uma figura controversa e polêmica no âmbito da História da Arte. Sua poética faz alusão à liberdade sexual, ao ateísmo, à anarquia e à deformação sócio-política vivida na Europa entre as décadas de 1960 e 1990. Filmes como Sebastiane (1976) e Jubilee (1978) são amostras violentas desse ataque às instituições. Por outro lado, uma observação mais atenta a trabalhos como Blue (1993), Glitterbug (1994) e, sobretudo, Caravaggio (1985), apontam para um projeto estético muito mais elaborado e ambicioso. Observamos nessas obras específicas uma tentativa de releitura da História da Arte num corte sincrônico em relação a seu próprio tempo, e além disso uma busca pela identificação do papel do artista no contexto da História em si, de maneira que vida e obra unam-se simbioticamente num projeto de totalização da poética, da estética e da fenomenologia que envolvem ambas. Este trabalho pretende resgatar a memória do artista Derek Jarman, posto que seu trabalho se perdeu no hermetismo a ele atribuído pela crítica ao longo dos anos que se seguiram à sua morte e, a partir desse resgate, examinar elementos históricos e estéticos presentes em Blue, Glitterbug e Caravaggio, que evidenciam uma releitura da História da Arte à luz da contemporaneidade com vistas a discutir o papel e o lugar do artista no contexto da vida enquanto obra aberta e como ator na transcorrência sincrônica da História. Com isto, a presente tese faz uma excursão pelos anos formativos de Jarman, quando cursou Artes Visuais e quando tomou contato com artistas da vanguarda do pós-Segunda-Guerra, em seguida examina a ocorrência dos efeitos de tal contato em suas obras derradeiras Blue e Glitterbug, para, finalmente, dissecar sua obra Caravaggio em busca de comprovações para nossa hipótese de que Jarman ocupou-se de criticar seu tempo e sua cultura fundindo-se ao personagem do pintor italiano, criando uma vida-obra indissociável em que se verifica o estudo histórico e fenomênico da Arte e, por fim, reavalia os papéis do artista Caravaggio e seu próprio papel em relação ao fazer artístico, dentro de uma compreensão metafísica. / British poet and filmmaker Derek Jarman, who died in 1994 at 52, a victim of AIDS, is a controversial figure in the History of Art. His poetics allude to sexual freedom, to atheism, to anarchy and to the socio-political deformation experienced in Europe between the 1960s and 1990s. Films such as Sebatiane (1976) and Jubilee (1978) are violent samples of this attack on institutions. On the other hand, a closer observation to works such as Blue (1993), Glitterbug (1994) and, especially, Caravaggio (1985) points to a much more elaborate and ambitious aesthetic project. We observe in these specific works an attempt to reread the History of Art in a synchronic cut in relation to its own time, and, in addition, a search for the identification of the artist\'s role in the context of History itself, so that life and work unite symbiotically in a project of totaling poetics, aesthetics and phenomenology that involve both. This work intends to rescue the memory of the artist Derek Jarman, since his work was lost in the hermeticism attributed to him by the critics throughout the years that followed his death and, from this rescue, to examine historical and aesthetic elements present in Blue, Glitterbug and Caravaggio, which show a re-reading of the History of Art in the light of contemporaneity with a view to discussing the role and place of the artist in the context of life as a work in progress and as an actor in the synchronous transcurrency of History. With this, the present thesis makes an excursion in the formative years of Jarman, when he studied Visual Arts and when he made contact with artists of the vanguard of the post-Second World War. Next, it examines the occurrence of the effects of such contact in its works Blue and Glitterbug, to finally dissect his work Caravaggio in search of evidence for our hypothesis that Jarman was concerned with criticizing his time and his culture by merging with the character of the Italian painter, creating an inseparable life-work in the historical and phenomenal study of Art and, finally, re-evaluates the roles of the artist Caravaggio and his own role in relation to artistic making, within a metaphysical understanding.

O poeta e cineasta britânico Derek Jarman, morto em 1994, aos 52 anos, vitimado pela AIDS, é uma figura controversa e polêmica no âmbito da História da Arte. Sua poética faz alusão à liberdade sexual, ao ateísmo, à anarquia e à deformação sócio-política vivida na Europa entre as décadas de 1960 e 1990. Filmes como Sebastiane (1976) e Jubilee (1978) são amostras violentas desse ataque às instituições. Por outro lado, uma observação mais atenta a trabalhos como Blue (1993), Glitterbug (1994) e, sobretudo, Caravaggio (1985), apontam para um projeto estético muito mais elaborado e ambicioso. Observamos nessas obras específicas uma tentativa de releitura da História da Arte num corte sincrônico em relação a seu próprio tempo, e além disso uma busca pela identificação do papel do artista no contexto da História em si, de maneira que vida e obra unam-se simbioticamente num projeto de totalização da poética, da estética e da fenomenologia que envolvem ambas. Este trabalho pretende resgatar a memória do artista Derek Jarman, posto que seu trabalho se perdeu no hermetismo a ele atribuído pela crítica ao longo dos anos que se seguiram à sua morte e, a partir desse resgate, examinar elementos históricos e estéticos presentes em Blue, Glitterbug e Caravaggio, que evidenciam uma releitura da História da Arte à luz da contemporaneidade com vistas a discutir o papel e o lugar do artista no contexto da vida enquanto obra aberta e como ator na transcorrência sincrônica da História. Com isto, a presente tese faz uma excursão pelos anos formativos de Jarman, quando cursou Artes Visuais e quando tomou contato com artistas da vanguarda do pós-Segunda-Guerra, em seguida examina a ocorrência dos efeitos de tal contato em suas obras derradeiras Blue e Glitterbug, para, finalmente, dissecar sua obra Caravaggio em busca de comprovações para nossa hipótese de que Jarman ocupou-se de criticar seu tempo e sua cultura fundindo-se ao personagem do pintor italiano, criando uma vida-obra indissociável em que se verifica o estudo histórico e fenomênico da Arte e, por fim, reavalia os papéis do artista Caravaggio e seu próprio papel em relação ao fazer artístico, dentro de uma compreensão metafísica. / British poet and filmmaker Derek Jarman, who died in 1994 at 52, a victim of AIDS, is a controversial figure in the History of Art. His poetics allude to sexual freedom, to atheism, to anarchy and to the socio-political deformation experienced in Europe between the 1960s and 1990s. Films such as Sebatiane (1976) and Jubilee (1978) are violent samples of this attack on institutions. On the other hand, a closer observation to works such as Blue (1993), Glitterbug (1994) and, especially, Caravaggio (1985) points to a much more elaborate and ambitious aesthetic project. We observe in these specific works an attempt to reread the History of Art in a synchronic cut in relation to its own time, and, in addition, a search for the identification of the artist\'s role in the context of History itself, so that life and work unite symbiotically in a project of totaling poetics, aesthetics and phenomenology that involve both. This work intends to rescue the memory of the artist Derek Jarman, since his work was lost in the hermeticism attributed to him by the critics throughout the years that followed his death and, from this rescue, to examine historical and aesthetic elements present in Blue, Glitterbug and Caravaggio, which show a re-reading of the History of Art in the light of contemporaneity with a view to discussing the role and place of the artist in the context of life as a work in progress and as an actor in the synchronous transcurrency of History. With this, the present thesis makes an excursion in the formative years of Jarman, when he studied Visual Arts and when he made contact with artists of the vanguard of the post-Second World War. Next, it examines the occurrence of the effects of such contact in its works Blue and Glitterbug, to finally dissect his work Caravaggio in search of evidence for our hypothesis that Jarman was concerned with criticizing his time and his culture by merging with the character of the Italian painter, creating an inseparable life-work in the historical and phenomenal study of Art and, finally, re-evaluates the roles of the artist Caravaggio and his own role in relation to artistic making, within a metaphysical understanding.

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Les Vies de Caravage publiées par Giovanni Baglione, Gian Pietro Bellori, Guilio Mancini et Francesco Susinno ont une influence considérable dans la réception du corpus de l’artiste. Souvent considérées en tant que sources primaires, ces œuvres littéraires opèrent toutefois une médiation dans le discours de la discipline en émettant des jugements critiques et stylistiques sur les œuvres et par la mise en scène de faits historiques par la fiction. Ce mémoire situe le mythe du Caravage dans le contexte de la production littéraire italienne et de son héritage antique et contemporain. Les illustrations de ces ouvrages sont également étudiées en regard de la tradition de portraiture. Les stéréotypes définissant le peintre sont perçus dans leurs mutations et confrontés à la perception de la violence et de l’érotisme par l’historiographie moderne, de même que leur récupération par la culture populaire notamment dans le film Caravaggio de Derek Jarman (1986). / The Lives of Caravaggio, published by Giovanni Baglione, Gian Pietro Bellori, Guilio Mancini and Francesco Suninno, had considerable influence on the reception of the artist’s oeuvre. Often considered to be primary sources, these literary works express stylistic criticism and stage historical facts through fiction. This master’s thesis situates Caravaggio’s myth in the context of Italian literary production and its ancient and contemporary heritage. The stereotypes that define the painter are perceived in their changes and confronted with the perception of their violence and eroticism by modern historiography and popular culture, particularly in Derek Jarman’s movie Caravaggio (1986). / Pour respecter les droits d’auteur, la version électronique de ce mémoire a été dépouillée de certains documents visuels. La version intégrale du mémoire a été déposée au Service de la gestion des documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

Pour respecter les droits d’auteur, la version électronique de ce mémoire a été dépouillée de certains documents visuels. La version intégrale du mémoire a été déposée au Service de la gestion des documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal / Les Vies de Caravage publiées par Giovanni Baglione, Gian Pietro Bellori, Guilio Mancini et Francesco Susinno ont une influence considérable dans la réception du corpus de l’artiste. Souvent considérées en tant que sources primaires, ces œuvres littéraires opèrent toutefois une médiation dans le discours de la discipline en émettant des jugements critiques et stylistiques sur les œuvres et par la mise en scène de faits historiques par la fiction. Ce mémoire situe le mythe du Caravage dans le contexte de la production littéraire italienne et de son héritage antique et contemporain. Les illustrations de ces ouvrages sont également étudiées en regard de la tradition de portraiture. Les stéréotypes définissant le peintre sont perçus dans leurs mutations et confrontés à la perception de la violence et de l’érotisme par l’historiographie moderne, de même que leur récupération par la culture populaire notamment dans le film Caravaggio de Derek Jarman (1986). / The Lives of Caravaggio, published by Giovanni Baglione, Gian Pietro Bellori, Guilio Mancini and Francesco Suninno, had considerable influence on the reception of the artist’s oeuvre. Often considered to be primary sources, these literary works express stylistic criticism and stage historical facts through fiction. This master’s thesis situates Caravaggio’s myth in the context of Italian literary production and its ancient and contemporary heritage. The stereotypes that define the painter are perceived in their changes and confronted with the perception of their violence and eroticism by modern historiography and popular culture, particularly in Derek Jarman’s movie Caravaggio (1986).