Open AccessA figura do bricoleur em práticas artísticas
Author(s) -
Mariana Resende Corrêa,
Cláudia Gomes França
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
visualidades
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2317-6784
pISSN - 1679-6748
DOI - 10.5216/vis.v12i2.34486
Subject(s) - bricolage , context (archaeology) , consumption (sociology) , reflection (computer programming) , art , moment (physics) , visual arts , art history , critical reflection , sociology , aesthetics , history , computer science , archaeology , physics , classical mechanics , programming language , pedagogy
Art as process and reflection of the lived moment deals many times with issues that refers to its context and with the available materials in the current scenario. In a society marked by consumption and ephemerality, this article promotes a reflection on the use of disposed and collected products in works of visual artists. The bricoleur appears in this context as a central figure for the understanding and the analysis of some of the many artistic practices realized recently. By bricolage, artists like Joseph Cornell, Farnese de Andrade, Amanda Mei and Courtney Smith performed works with hybrid content that reflect the lived moment and issues contained in the materials available in the current scenario