Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt’s tapestries:

identifying art and popular artist

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32335/2238-0426.2019.9.23.1060

Keywords:

popular art, cultural studies, place of speech, tapestry

Abstract

This study aimed to see how the popular black artist Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt (1919-1977) represents her cultural universe by means of her work in tapestry. Thus, this article: a) discusses conceptions of art and popular artist through the lens of Cultural Studies; b) identifies specificities of the artist and her work, in order to know how her experiences are actualized in her tapestries; and finally, c) analyzes two pieces of tapestry exhibited in the Afro-Brazilian Museum, produced between 1969 and 1975, with a view to identifying elements that demarcate the concepts of popular art and popular artist. It is concluded that the works coming from subaltern classes have a creative potential – therefore, this knowledge has the same importance as any other and studying Madalena’s place of speech as a black-woman-tapestry maker is key to grasp her artistic making, because her creative process is closely linked to being a woman and a black person in Brazil.

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Published

2019-06-24

How to Cite

da Silva, E. C., & Felipe, D. A. (2019). Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt’s tapestries:: identifying art and popular artist. Conhecer: Debate Entre O Público E O Privado, 9(23), 94–123. https://doi.org/10.32335/2238-0426.2019.9.23.1060

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 23 (2019)

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Artigos

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