Writing and publications
Contemporary art, artistic trajectories, cultural policy and curatorial writing. Publications and research to read, return to and keep the conversation going.
An essay on cultural policy, memory and censorship in Brazil between 2016 and 2022. Drawing on cultural management experience and a dialogue with Jacques Derrida and Yacy-Ara Froner, it examines the continuity of artistic trajectories and the rebuilding of public cultural policy.
“strengthening the social and cultural foundations”
Rafael Perpétuo
Excerpt translated from Portuguese
A reading of the art market and collecting through Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of field and habitus, focusing on relationships between artists, dealers and collectors and the construction of value and power within the art system.
“the mechanisms and institutional relationships”
Rafael Perpétuo
Excerpt from the published abstract
A text on Sebastião Miguel’s work and trajectory for the Pinturas Anacrônicas catalogue. Through memory, desire, religious imagery and references to art history, it traces relationships between paintings made at different moments in the artist’s practice.
“images that the market and institutions do not want”
Rafael Perpétuo
Excerpt translated from Portuguese
A text by Rafael Perpétuo and Clarice Steinmüller for José Bento’s exhibition at Centro Cultural Unimed-BH Minas. Fire, air, wood and memory shape a reading of his sculptures, installations and images through desire, risk and environmental questions.
“Without oxygen, there is no fire”
Rafael Perpétuo and Clarice Steinmüller
Excerpt translated from Portuguese
Paulo Nazareth’s trajectory offers a starting point for exploring the intersections of artistic practice, research and the market. The dissertation examines biographical events, creative methods and the concept of for sale in the construction of his position within the art field.
“the artistic practices and research methods of Paulo Nazareth”
Rafael Perpétuo
Excerpt translated from Portuguese
Research into artistic procedures that make it possible to consider a shifting perspective on landscape. Readings of contemporary artworks and questions from the philosophy of art connect landscape and city, nature and environment, body and space.
“a shifting perspective on landscape”
Rafael Perpétuo
Excerpt translated from Portuguese
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