Research Catalog

Title

John Graz : idílio tropical e moderno = John Graz : tropical and modern idyll / edição, Tatiana Allegro ; curadoria, Fernanda Pitta, Thierry Freitas.

Publication

São Paulo : Pinacoteca de São Paulo, 2021.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Graz, John, 1891-1980
• Freitas, Thierry
• Pitta, Fernanda
• Estação Pinacoteca, host institution.

Description

77 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait; 25 cm.

Summary

The exhibition, with approximately 155 items, revisits the trajectory of John Graz (Geneva, Switzerland 1891 - São Paulo, Brazil 1980), one of the most important names in modernism in Brazil, focusing on his performance as a visual artist and the dedication of his work to indigenous themes, fauna, flora, history and Brazilian popular culture.Having as its central nucleus an expressive set of works from the donation made by the John Graz Institute for the Pinacoteca, the selection of works also includes loans from other institutions and private collections. 'John Graz: tropical idyll' and modern reflects the Swiss artist's particular vision of Brazil, where he lived from 1920 onwards, after some years of multidisciplinary training in Europe that included courses in drawing, decoration, architecture and plastic arts. The curatorship emphasizes Graz's dedication to the creation of a modern and tropical imagination, based on his paintings, drawings and studies, also reflecting on the artist's multiplicity and versatility. These works feature representations of indigenous peoples, images of nature, festivities such as carnival and gaucho parties, Brazilian workers such as raftsmen, as well as historical narratives such as those depicting the Portuguese invasion of Brazil. The catalogue includes critical text by curators Fernanda Pitta and Thierry Freitas, an essay by professor and researcher Horacio Ramos and a complete chronology of the artist prepared by Daniel Ribeiro and Gabriela Gotoda.

Series Statement

Pina_

Alternative Title

• John Graz : tropical and modern idyll
• Idílio tropical e moderno

Subject

• Graz, John, 1891-1980 > Exhibitions
• Brazil > Pictorial works > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil, from July 31, 2021 - January 31, 2022.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Parallel texts in Portuguese and English.

Contents

Apresentaçao = Foreword / Jochen Volz -- John Graz: idílio tropical e moderno = Tropical and Modern Idyll / Fernanda Pitta e Thierra Freitas -- Um baile no Terminus: John Graz e as interseções entre o design modernista e a cultura do Carnaval na década de 1940 = A Ball at the Terminus: John Graz and the Intersections of Modernist Design and Carnival Culture in the 1940s / Horacio Ramos -- Cronologia = Chronology / Daniel Donato Ribeiro e Gabriela Gotoda -- Lista de obras = List of works.

Call Number

JX 22-5203

ISBN

• 9786589070054
• 6589070059

OCLC

1289340072

Title

John Graz : idílio tropical e moderno = John Graz : tropical and modern idyll / edição, Tatiana Allegro ; curadoria, Fernanda Pitta, Thierry Freitas.

Publisher

São Paulo : Pinacoteca de São Paulo, 2021.

Edition

Primeira edição.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Pina_

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Parallel texts in Portuguese and English.

Added Author

Graz, John, 1891-1980, artist.

Freitas, Thierry, organizer.

Pitta, Fernanda, organizer.

Estação Pinacoteca, host institution.

Research Call Number

JX 22-5203