Caminhar e Ser um Artista Contemporâneo no Brasil. Ser Nazareth. Entrevista com Paulo Nazareth

Michelle Sales

doi:10.21814/vista.5296

Authors

Michelle Sales Departamento de Artes Visuais, Escola de Belas Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-4003

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21814/vista.5296

Abstract

The interview with Paulo Nazareth was conducted as part of the research project As Práticas Artísticas Contemporâneas e o Pensamento Pós-Colonial e Decolonial (Contemporary Artistic Practices in the Ibero-American Context and Postcolonial and Decolonial Thought; Sales & Cabrera, 2020). As is evident throughout the interview, we were keen to explore ethnic-racial and identity issues in the work of the artist from Minas Gerais, as well as his integration into the field of contemporary Brazilian art, delving into his background and interests. We acknowledge that the current context of contemporary art in Brazil has addressed significant dimensions concerning Brazilian identity, which is long present in Brazilian visual culture. In the 21st century, these dimensions have evolved, challenging our colonial legacy and the conservative tradition in the visual arts, spanning from modernism to the present day, particularly concerning racial issues.

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Author Biography

Michelle Sales, Departamento de Artes Visuais, Escola de Belas Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Michelle Sales is a researcher, teacher and independent curator. She is an associate professor at the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2010), and she collaborates in the Postgraduate Programme in Multimedia at the State University of Campinas. Michelle coordinates the Postcolonial and Peripheral Cinemas research network, spanning Brazil and Portugal, and is at the forefront of the project AsPráticasArtísticasContemporâneas e o PensamentoPós-Colonial e Decolonial (Contemporary Artistic Practices and Postcolonial and Decolonial Thought). She holds a PhD in Contemporary Studies from the Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Coimbra (2018–2020). Between 2014 and 2020, she was a member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Coimbra, where she coordinated the project À Margem do Cinema Português (At the Fringes of Portuguese Cinema; 2020), funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She received a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation under the Foreign Researchers Programme (2013–2014). Her work spans the following areas: postcolonial studies, intersectional feminism, and film studies.

References

Sales, M., & Cabrera, J. (2020). As práticas artísticas contemporâneas no contexto ibero-americano e o pensamento pós-colonial e decolonial. Incomum, 1(1), 1–24.