Terra na arte contemporânea

• Autor(a) principal: Inácio, Sara Cardoso, 1977-
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/29164
• topic: Mendieta, Ana, 1948-1985; Tostes, Celeida Moraes 1929-1995; Escultura; Terra; Barro; Natureza; Paisagem; Escultura - Especialização em estudos de escultura

This work is about the relevance of the matter, namely earth, clay or landscape, in contemporary art. How can this matter trigger a feeling of connection with the origins (of life and art)? How can the art works, in which the presence of earth is significant, evoke timeless polarities such as: sky/earth; spirit/matter; invisible/visible; permanent/ephemeral; particular/universal? What is the motivation of the artists that look for a sensory and essential contact with this matter and with the landscape? These are central questions that guide the process of search and reflection. The earth, as a physical and symbolic element, also connected with the feminine, is refered to as a matter that can evoke a feeling of gathering, of unity with life, with nature and with the cosmos