{"product_id":"helio-oiticica-folding-the-frame-9780226260167","title":"Hélio Oiticica: Folding the Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Irene V. Small\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHélio Oiticica (1937-80) was one of the most brilliant Brazilian artists of the 1960s and 1970s. He was a forerunner of participatory art, and his melding of geometric abstraction and bodily engagement has influenced contemporary artists from Cildo Meireles and Ricardo Basbaum to Gabriel Orozco, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, and Olafur Eliasson. This book examines Oiticica's impressive works against the backdrop of Brazil's dramatic postwar push for modernization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Oiticica's late 1950s experiments with painting and color to his mid-1960s wearable \u003ci\u003eParangolés\u003c\/i\u003e, Small traces a series of artistic procedures that foreground the activation of the spectator. Analyzing works, propositions, and a wealth of archival material, she shows how Oiticica's practice recast--in a sense \"folded\"--Brazil's utopian vision of progress as well as the legacy of European constructive art. Ultimately, the book argues that the effectiveness of Oiticica's participatory works stems not from a renunciation of art, but rather from their ability to produce epistemological models that reimagine the traditional boundaries between art and life. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47780534452375,"sku":"9780226260167","price":4836.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226260167.webp?v=1778045991","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/helio-oiticica-folding-the-frame-9780226260167","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}