MAH Auditorium, 9 May,15:00
Speaker: Maria Assunção Melo
Guided trip to the exhibits “Em Concreto” | Paintings by Rui Melo and “Mistérios de Tinta” | Paintings by Carolina Rocha
The talk will cover the following topics:
›› Contemporary art as context-dependent art
›› The first ruptures in art: Romanticism and Realism; Impressionism and Expressionism
›› The distance between art and the public
›› The different aesthetics
›› Vanguards and isms
›› Paradigm shift, France / USA
›› The role of art criticism
›› Contemporary art and the search for truth in painting
›› Artistic intentionality (Kunstwollen), the object trouvé and the ready-made
›› Ethical and abject issues
›› The installation and the performance
›› Context and exposure
›› Conceptual Art and Land Art
›› Contemporary art in the Azores