Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent by Antonio Manuel

Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent by Antonio Manuel

Antonio Manuel (born 1947) helped define the groundbreaking neo-avant-garde movement that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s. Making his mark in 1970 at the height of Brazil's military dictatorship with "The Body is the Work" (in which he submitted his naked body to the Museu de Arte Moderna), Manuel's conceptual and performance work and manipulation of mass-media materials would expand the possibilities of experimental art as a means to political subversion and liberation. Assembled with the direct collaboration of the artist himself, Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent is the first U.S. publication devoted to his work, and includes a range of never before seen images and documents, a substantive interview, and a facsimile reproduction of Phallic Weapon, a photo-novel starring H lio Oiticica, which has never been published outside of Brazil.

Claudia Calirman is Assistant Professor of Art History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York.

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ISBN 13	9781879128408
ISBN 10	1879128403
Title	Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent
Author	Antonio Manuel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Americas Society,US
Year published	2012-06-30
Number of pages	156
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