Mulheres notáveis na arte alagoana: estudo da trajetória e do reconhecimento de mulheres artistas na arte contemporânea de Alagoas

Abstract

Talking about Visual Culture means entering a very wide field of study. In this field, images play an important part, not only for the concept of visual aesthetics, but also as a social and political instrument. Surely, talking about visual culture is approaching an area in which artistic expression is inserted. Visual art, in particular, due to the multiplicity and variety of techniques, supports, languages and new forms of expression that appear quickly at every moment, reinforcing it is interdisciplinar capacity. It is known that, since beginnings, human search communication through images, and ethnographers and anthropologists affirm that trace elements Woman hands were present in paintings finding inside caves and though it is unknown indeed, who were artists from that time, the woman were frequent artisans wich manufactured ceramics, textiles, basketwork, utensils and jewelry in Neolithic cultures. However, when we think about the presence of womens in the history of Visual arts, the first memory which usually happens is the recurring archetype of the idealized female figure, portrayed and represented by men and not as authors and protagonists of the craft. The female invisibility is a topic for a lot of research, and the quest for representation and equity in visual arts is a subject for many protest arts. Bringing for arstistical scene of Alagoas, despite traditionalism rooted and that still observe more authors mans, contemporary art from alagoas is well represented by women artists who have contributed to the portrayal of the visual culture of region. There are many names of womens that wrote - or literally painted - trajectory of contemporary art in Alagoas. Here we will treat the biography and production of five of them, whose artistic expressions stand out for technique, for sensibility, for impact on the local visual culture and the grandeur of activities carried out through the powerful encounter between art and communities.