Review of Claudia Calirman, Brazilian Art under Dictatorship: Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, and Cildo Meireles (Duke UP, 2012). (original) (raw)

Claudia Calirman’s Brazilian Art under Dictatorship explores the artistic responses of three Brazilian artists, Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, and Cildo Meireles, during the most repressive years of Brazil's military regime (1968-1975). The book analyzes how these artists developed innovative aesthetic practices that addressed the socio-political climate of the time while circumventing censorship, contributing both to contemporary art history and the discourse on repressive regimes in Latin America.