at a glance

Presented by the    GT Pensamento Social da ANPOCS - Associação Nacional de Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais, the study A estética da conversão: O ateliê do Engenho de Dentro e a arte concreta carioca (1946-1951) - The aesthetics of conversion: The studio of Engenho de Dentro and concrete carioca art (1946-1951), by Glaucia Villas Bôas discusses The history of the Ateliê do Engenho de Dentro - the  studio of Engenho de Dentro is connected to the Concrete Movement which began in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in the post-war period, dramatically changing the face of modern art in Brazil in the second half of the 20th Century. In contrast to the previous aesthetic movement, which had a figurative conceptual underpinning and had as its objective 'to represent' the 'Brazilian nation', artists of the concrete movement dedicated themselves to experimentation with color, form, lines and points.