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ABSTRACT
Silva, José Armando Pereira da. Thomaz Perina e a Vanguarda em Campinas. 145 p.
(Máster Paper). Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em estética e História da
Arte da Universidade de São Paulo, 2005.
This work approaches a stage of the visual arts in the city of Campinas (SP), by means
of the survey of the Vanguarda Group performance, distinguishing the career of one of
its members, the painter Thomaz Perina. This purpose takes to the scenario of the
Brazilian art trends in years 50 and 60 and to the scenario of Campinas city in same
period, whose spaces and facts of the cultural environment impact the life experience
and the production of these artists. It seems appropriate for us to choose Perina to
exemplify this process and its conditionings due to his works quality, his important role
in the Group organization and his longer career. The boarding of the subject has two
axles: Documental, when, from the focus, Thomaz Perina, we identify to events and
agents of the artistic production, especially the activities of the Vanguarda Group;
interpretative, when we follow the formal elaboration of the images by Thomaz Perina,
designating affinities, influences and options declared by the painter himself, or
detected by critics and in our analysis. Aiming to cover the five decades of his career,
the approach is chronological, with frequent crossings of these two axles, illustrated by
works exhibits of the respective periods.
In Part I we deal with the FORMATION and MODERN OPTION: 1. THE ORIGINAL
LANDSCAPE leads us back to the first half of the last century, when we find the boy,
and later the youngster Thomaz exploring the city and establishing in the paintings his
way of relation with it. The contact with new experiences drives him into modern art
patterns, 2. In THE DICLOSED LANDSCAPE, we reach him emerging for a new
sphere, next to the constructivism source. The Vanguarda Group organization and
exhibitions are going to change the route of the visual arts in Campinas. 3. THE
RESTORED LANDSCAPE happens in years 70. Besides of his painting development,
Perina’s presence was distinguished at this time as decorator in houses and in public
spaces, as well as designer of sets and costumes for theater, opera and carnival. Part II,
REVISION: 4. In THE REVISITED LANDSCAPE, we try to analyze of Perina and his
peers careers in the art panorama, starting from the official project set up by City Hall
administration, coming to the academic area, where three papers about the Group were
issued. Part III, CONCLUSION: 5. THE INTERIOR LANDSCAPE concludes the
appreciation on the Perina painting, by following his process, coming close to the
privacy of his creation observing his gestures and speech and recapitulating his story.In
Part IV, DOCUMENTS about Perina career and Vanguarda Groupp activities are
attached. Part V, CHRONOLOGY, finishes this work.
Key words: Vanguard, Concrete Arte, Campinas.