Parangolé de aqua

Details

Hélio Oiticica (1937-1980)
Parangolé de aqua
cloth and pigment
variable dimensions

Literature

Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica & et.all. Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Sep. 30, 1996-Jan. 30, 1997, p. 85-107, n.n. (another one illustrated). This exhibition also traveled to Rotterdam, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Feb. 22-April 26, 1992; Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, June 8-Aug. 23, 1992; Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tápies, Oct. 1-Dec. 6, 1992; Lisboa, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Jan. 20-March 20, 1993; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Oct. 31, 1993-Feb. 20, 1994.

Exhibited

Rio de Janeiro, Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Lot Essay

Oiticica's Parangolés, initiated in 1964, developed out of a dialogue with color and were shaped in the manner of capes, tents and banners, at times featuring text and photographs, that could be worn by others in movement.

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