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Photo: royalacademy.org.ukThe Royal Academy of Arts is putting on a major new exhibition of works by ten of Brazil's most important 20th-century artists.
When Brazil became a republic in 1889 a new wave of painting, sculpture, music and literature swept across the country. By 1910 a new kind of modern art began emerging where artists adapted contemporary trends to their own country's culture, indigenous identity and Afro-Brazilian experiences.
Photo: royalacademy.org.ukBrazil's indigenous population had been largely marginalised following the arrival of Portuguese colonists and other European settlers, and fusing a new national identity from this varied mix of cultures was a challenge. But the artists who represented this new culture were just as diverse as the nation itself, and by looking inwards at the Brazil's own rich resources, they set a new course for modernism that spread right across South America.
Photo: royalacademy.org.ukThe exhibition will showcase over 130 works by artists who are largely unfamiliar in the UK, from the trailblazer Anita Malfatti, who spearheaded the movement, to Tarsila do Amaral - one of the movement's leading female figures. Also included are Alfredo Volpi, Djanira da Motta e Silva, Rubem Valentim, and the performance artist Flávio de Carvalho.
What the critics say...
The Telegraph: ★★★★ "Visiting on a dreary winter's day will warm any sun-starved soul"; Time Out: ★★★★ "Brazilian Modernism is one delicious mouthful"; The Spectator: "A ground-breaking exhibition"
How to get to the Royal Academy of Arts
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