Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This book on artist Cildo Meireles forms part of the ABC—Arte Brasileira Contemporânea—a collection published by the Fundação Nacional de Artes (Funarte), a governmental organization with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The volume contains the [...]

In this text, Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles recalls the late sixties when he and other artists “first came into contact with what was truly of interest,” mainly acting directly on real “situations” rather than creating representations of [...]

This is a description of Sermão da Montanha: Fiat Lux, the work by Cildo Meireles that consists of a pile of 160 thousand match boxes. The exhibition was installed at the Centro Cultural Cândido Mendes, in Rio de Janeiro, on April 25, 1979. There [...]