Paulo Bruscky

Paulo Bruscky is one of the exponents of conceptual art in Brazil and one of the main precursors of various manifestations involving art, technology, and communication. His artistic practice, based on the idea of art as information, is marked by constant experimentation, resulting in a plural body of works, composed of visual poetry, artist books, performances, urban interventions, Super-8 films and works in new media. Bruscky’s production is also characterized by the content of social and political contestation, a result of the artist’s critical and militant stance, whose early career coincides with the rise of military governments and the consequent establishment of severe dictatorial regimes in several Latin American countries, including Brazil. "Brasil", 2017, Bulky waste skip painted flashy gold on a concrete base painted white, surrounded by cactus. It was very important for Paulo to work with the local community and this work speaks of often separated worlds, that of an audience that does not have access to culture and that of art that is often too elitist. His work speaks of the ‘buraco negro da cultura’ (Cultural black hole). He then makes fun of what a monument is by wanting to magnify a bulky dumpster by transforming it into a magnificent object which thus loses functions. The cactus planted in a circle around the main work to make it almost unreachable speaks of the difficulty of accessing the culture. Paulo Bruscky,1949, was born in Recife, where he lives and works.