Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this article about Mário Cravo Jr., the sculptor from the state of Bahia, Flávio Motta describes the artist’s visit to an industrial area in São Paulo in order to produce an enormous sculpture made of plastic waste that creates unusual colors [...]

Through this commentary, critic José Geraldo Vieira introduces the folk figure of the cangaceiro [“farmhand guerilla” in northeastern Brazil, a bandit and a fugitive from the law who is heavily armed] as a theme in the works of writers and [...]

In this critical analysis of Mário Cravo Jr.’s sculpture, José Valladares focuses on four aspects that he deems fundamental: (1) the expressive specificity of the material; (2) the dynamic construction based on lines, planes, and volume; (3) the [...]

In this text, Brazilian painter Maria Leontina discusses the sculptures by Mário Cravo Jr. on exhibit at the time (1950) at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP ). Leontina asserts that Cravo Jr.’s aesthetic has yet to fully take shape. She [...]

Critic José Geraldo Vieira discusses the participation of Mário Cravo Jr. in various São Paulo biennials in the fifties. In his judgment, at the first biennial held in 1951, the sculptor ushered in a new type of art in Brazil, one characterized by [...]