From the Lecture series “Curatorial Voices in Contemporary Art":
Carlos Basualdo
Monday, February 5th 6:00 pm
CS Fine Arts Center Music Room 30 W Dale St
Basualdo is the Curator of Contemporary Art the Philadelphia Museum. His presentation will introduce his most recent project, Troplicalia: Revolution in Brazilain Culture (1967-1972), an interdisciplinary exhibition that highlights the Brazilian avant-garde’s exploration of the politics of form.
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Carlos Basualdo is the curator of Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Basualdo was the creator of the art installation, Tropicalia. Tropicalia represents a Brazilian cultural movement of the late 1960’s involving pop art along with fashion, television and even food. It was interesting to hear Carlos Basualdo describe the Tropicalia “moment” that occurred in Brazil in the 60’s. He drew a picture of how the very culture of Brazil influenced art during that time, and described how he intertwined and represented various art forms in his Tropicalia museum installation. His creation of a physical 3-D “experience” showcasing the culture and art of Brazil in the 60’s was a very interesting interpretation that became a piece of performance art as visitors interacted with the display.
I really enjoyed Carlos delivery of voice during the lecture. He seemed to be very much so in his element on recognizing key components to all realms of artwork including performance art. I really wanted to experience the scenes in the photographs by the end of the lecture. I am more and more drawn to performance art outside of the United States. Basualdo mentioned that this movement or as he referred to it as a- "moment"- mentioned earlier- was that much more significant because of its clear intention to be abstract from homogeniety.
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