Learning from Madness(1st Edition) Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art by Kaira Marie Cabañas, Kaira M. Cabanas Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-55628-4, ISBN: 0-226-55628-X
"Throughout the history of European modernism, philosophers and artists have been fascinated by madness. Something different happened in Brazil, however, with the “art of the insane” that flourished within the modernist movements there. From the 1920s to the 1960s, the direction and creation of art by the mentally ill was actively encouraged by prominent figures in both medicine and art criticism, which led to a much wider appreciation a ..."
Artaud the Moma (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts) by Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf, Kaira M. Cabañas Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2017 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-18167-9, ISBN: 0-231-18167-1
"In 1996 Jacques Derrida gave a lecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on the occasion of Antonin Artaud: Works on Paper, one of the first major international exhibitions to present the avant-garde dramatist and poet's paintings and drawings. Derrida's original title, "Artaud the Moma," is a characteristic play on words. It alludes to Artaud's calling himself Momo, Marseilles slang for "fool," upon his return to Paris in 1946 af ..."
Artaud the Moma (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts) by Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf, Kaira M. Cabañas Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2017 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-18166-2, ISBN: 0-231-18166-3
"In 1996 Jacques Derrida gave a lecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on the occasion of Antonin Artaud: Works on Paper, one of the first major international exhibitions to present the avant-garde dramatist and poet's paintings and drawings. Derrida's original title, "Artaud the Moma," is a characteristic play on words. It alludes to Artaud's calling himself Momo, Marseilles slang for "fool," upon his return to Paris in 1946 af ..."
"A handsome monograph on beloved self-taught Brazilian artist Djanira da Motta e Silva, whose paintings depict religious themes and everyday life in BrazilLargely self-taught and coming from a working-class background, Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–79) emerged on the Brazilian art scene in the 1940s, working in paint, woodcut and engraving to depict everyday life in Brazil, often with religious overtones. Although she developed a prolif ..."