Cildo Meireles. 1999; 160 pages; 92 b/w, 97 color illustrations. “Brazilian-based curator and critic Paulo Herkenhoff analyses in depth the specific political and cultural contexts of Meireles’ Brazilian art in counterpoint to the philosophical contexts of Western art history. Havana-based curator and writer Gerardo Mosquera discusses with the artist the context of his work in post-war Latin American art. New York curator and critic Dan Cameron navigates three environments of intense red, collectively titles Desvio para o Vermelho (Red Shift, 1967-84). The artist has selected a text that echoes his work’s frequent evocation of paradoxes: ‘The Garden of Forking Paths’ (1944) by Jorge Luis Borges. From the late 1960s onwards Cildo Meireles has written detaled project descriptions as an integral aspect of his work. Ranging from the description of the ‘ideological circuits’ of information and commodity transactions, to speculations on theories of perception, his texts often bear witness both to individual and social crises and the transformative powers of the imagination.” Contributions include: Interview with artist by Gerardo Mosquera, A Labyrinthine Ghetto: The Work of Cildo Meireles by Paulo Herkenhoff, Desvio para o Vermelho (Red Shift) by Dan Cameron, The Garden of Forking Paths (extract), 1944 by Jorge Luis Borges, Cruzeiro do Sul (The Southern Cross) 1970, Information 1970/89, Insertions into Ideological Circuits 1970-75, Eureka/Blindhotland 1970-75, Interview with Antonio Manuel (extract) 1980, Obscura Luz (Obscure Light) 1984, Ghost House, Glascow 1990, Glove Trotter 1991, Entrevendo (Glimpsing) 1970/94, Places for Digressions: Interview with Nuria Enguita (extracts) 1994 by artist, Cildo Meireles. Organized by the New Museum, New York, in association with the Museums of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Exhibition Catalogue. 10" x 11.5"

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