Escritos sobre a gravura contemporânea em Belém

Abstract

This research addresses the field of historiography of art. It analyses the artistic printmaking movement in Belém in the period between the 1980s, when the first projects aimed at promoting printmaking education in the region emerged, and 2001, when the resumption of the movement began. The milestones of this resumption were the implementation of the printmaking department at Fundação Curro Velho – an initiative that brought to Belém a teaching model inspired by art collectives and printmaking public studios, and the creation of autonomous spaces, such as the Atelier do Porto and the Aparelho, which are social entities that are currently responsible for producing and including Belém printmaking in the contemporary art scene. This study examines the roles played by autonomous spaces in the establishment of new printmaking production flows in the city as well as the effectiveness of actions conducted by collectives as social organizations proposing new fields in which art experiences are shared. In this journey, a new generation of artists emerged. Their proposals, which identify with graphics, indicate trends that mark the cartography of printmaking produced in Belém today. Various artists are mentioned; however, the works of five of them were actually analyzed: Jocatos, Alexandre Sequeira, Elaine Arruda, Pablo Mufarrej, and Ronaldo Moraes Rêgo. The last chapter includes photos and critical essays on printmaking written in the period corresponding to its resurgence in Belém, between 2003 and 2016.