Hélio Oiticica: Folding the Frame

by Irene V. Small

H lio Oiticica (1937-80) was one of the most brilliant Brazilian artists of the 1960s and 1970s. He was a forerunner of participatory art, and his melding of geometric abstraction and bodily engagement has influenced contemporary artists from Cildo Meireles and Ricardo Basbaum to Gabriel Orozco, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, and Olafur Eliasson. This book examines Oiticica's impressive works against the backdrop of Brazil's dramatic postwar push for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022626016X
• ISBN13: 9780226260167
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 10.3"