‎[Emanoel Araújo] - ‎ ‎George Nelson Preston et PM Bardi (ed.)‎
‎Afrominimalista Brasileiro / Brazilian Afrominimalist. Emanoel Araújo‎

‎Pancrom, 1987, São Paulo. First edition. One of the thousand (1.000) copies ever printed. Wide softcover, 230 x 300 mm, 119 pp. Bilingual (English and Portuguese). Edited by George Nelson Preston, Professor of Art at the City College City University of New York. Edited by the Museum of Art of São Paulo (MASP). Off-white and tomato red endsheets, a photo of Araújo as a frontispice facing the title page, bilingual foreword by P. M. Bardi, MASP director. An artbook profusely illustrated with Araújo's works with both black-and-white and brightly colored photos. The book mixes Araújo's biography with a thorough analysis of his unique art. A synopsis and quotes can be found here, but no index. "For Araújo, paper is not a passive thing to be manipulated by the artist... Resistance creates new possibilities, forces new solutions, opens new avenues of creative response. By making parts of the paper flat and other parts in relief, the artist is able to vary the response of artist to paper and of paper to artist... This experimental approach to technique is responsible for imbuing conventional, genre, and classical subjects with a new vitality." (pp. 17-19) "Emanoel Araújo (1940 - 2022) was a Brazilian (Bahia) artist, art curator, and museologist. He specialized in numerous art styles, including, among others, sculpting, graphic design, and painting. He also served as the director of numerous museums in Brazil, including the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and Museu Afro Brasil, the latter of which he established in 2004. He has recounted his work as 'a collection that became one of the largest museums in Latin America.'" (Wikipedia)‎

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‎A few scratches on frontcover, otherwise this copy is in a very good state. A beautiful contemporary art book about a renowned Brazilian artist.‎