Form and Feeling

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This anthology offers a significant exploration of post-World War II Concretism in Brazil through a collection of essays by esteemed scholars. It delves into the sensorial, experience-based, and participatory practices initiated in the 1950s by influential artists and poets, including Flávio de Carvalho, Ivan Serpa, and Lygia Clark, among others. The fourteen essays critically assess how these artists' strategies challenged Brazil's embrace of Eurocentric modernity while foreshadowing contemporary art practices, such as social engagement and relational aesthetics. The volume investigates the implications of modernist abstraction in the latter half of the twentieth century, contributing to the expanding field of postwar Brazilian and Latin American art history. It highlights the development of modernist ideas during a tumultuous era marked by dictatorial regimes, showcasing the global dimensions of Brazilian art. The essays present a nuanced understanding of visual and material culture, performance, and criticism in Brazil, while re-evaluating the intersections of Concretism and Neo-Concretism. By situating this vibrant period of artistic experimentation within contemporary contexts like psychoanalysis, education, and feminism, the anthology fosters innovative connections between form, space, poetry, and philosophy, enriching the discourse on a pivotal moment in Brazilian history.