Between Heaven and Earth
the (Neo)concrete Sculptures of Franz Weissmann from the 1950s
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2019.162022Keywords:
Franz Weissmann, Sculptures from the 1950s, Concretism, Neoconcretism, Modern Brazilian ArtAbstract
Franz Weissman’s sculptures from the 1950s have an ambiguous reception: whereas international critics receive them as Concrete Art, Brazilian artworld defines them as Neonconcrete. The former describes only their formal elements, but local critics – beginning with Ferreira Gullar – emphasize their expressive effects, which characterize Neoconcretism. This article analyzes how these aspects became meaningful together: first, we have employed what North-American literary criticism defined as “close reading”; after describing their primary components, we focus on the expressive effects. Thus, the analyses of the works Cubo Vazado, Coluna Concreta, Modelo Neoconcreto, Três Pontos, Ponte and Torre unveil his constructivist project – which would underpin Neoconcretism –, that aimed at the transformation of a country that was unable to implement a full technological modernity.
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