Os ecos da geração 80: a pintura contemporânea em Maceió

Abstract

The generation of 1980 is the object of study in this research and has been studied as a turning point before the modernist movements and postmodernists enshrined in the painting. In Brazil, this time was marked by exposure How are you, Generation 80? (Como vai você, Geração 80?) in Rio de Janeiro, but it rebounded and was also featured in Sao Paulo. In Maceió possible echoes of that past period were found in major cities of the country, were represented by the emergence of local artistic groups. Three artists from Alagoas were selected (Delson Uchôa, Maria Amélia Vieira and Paulo Caldas) and three artists called 'Generation 80' (Adriana Varejão, Beatriz Milhazes and José Leonilson). Parallel to the Cultural History field approach was conducted an overview of the history and preconditions, primary influences for artistic transformations through literature. Furthermore, analysis of sources distinguished between primary and secondary aided in the construction of these aspects making up the generation of 1980 echoes in Maceió. Even with the artistic and cultural backwardness, mentioned by oral sources and periodicals on national look, Maceió can be included as a component of identity for the formation of unity in Brazilian painting.