#arteplastico

Thank you for the pain.

It woke me up.

(Image Caption: Paulo Bruscky, Performance view of What is art? What is it for? (O que é arte? Para que serve?), 1978. Recife, Brazil; Image Credit: Photo by Angelo José. Images courtesy of the artist and Galería Nara Roesler. Second Image Caption: Paulo Bruscky, Homage to Fluxus, 2001. Offset ed 1/1. 21,5 x 33 cm." Image Credit: Image courtesy of the artists and Bronx Museum )

Artist: Paulo Bruscky

“Paulo Bruscky was born in Recife, in northeastern Brazil, in 1949. He came of age during the darkest time in his nation’s history, witnessing the 1964 military coup that instigated more than 20 years of dictatorial oppression and ruthless attacks by the military regime on insurgents as well as anyone deemed “subversive.” Nevertheless, he has always operated under the utopian vision that art has the potential to instigate social change, and in his multifaceted works he consistently challenges the socio-political status quo.

One of the world’s first artists to manipulate the xerox machine as an aesthetic device, Bruscky is also a mail artist, poet, creator of artist’s books, inventor, performance artist, photographer, and filmmaker. He has played a critical role in bringing major international artistic movements to Brazil, including Fluxus, mail art, and performance art. Throughout his career, he has produced artworks inspired by everyday experiences that challenge audiences to think about how the world unfolds around them. He has continuously addressed the anonymity and alienation of the individual in the urban landscape, countering that experience with humor, irony, and caustic wit.” 

-Excerpt via Bronx Museum

-http://www.bronxmuseum.org/exhibitions/paulo-bruscky