Da avenida para as galerias: Carnaval de Escolas de Samba e suas exposições no circuito artístico contemporâneo carioca

Abstract

This study addresses the insertion of the visuality of Samba school parades from the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro into institutional spaces of art. Starting from three exhibits that took place between 1980 and 2021, to wit: Fernando Pinto and Mocidade de Padre Miguel in 1983 at the Galeria César Aché( César Aché Galery), Rosa Magalhães and Acadêmicos do Salgueiro in 1990 at the Escola de Artes Visuais of Parque Lage(Parque Lage School of Visual Arts) and Leandro Vieira and Estação Primeira de Mangueira at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro(Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro) in 2021, it is intended to understand when and how carnival is institutionalized as art. By performing a critical analysis not only of the research objects, but also of the scarcity of examples of the insertion of the visuality of Carnival in the contemporary artistic circuit of Rio de Janeiro, the mediations, interchanges, negotiations, conflicts, and tensions in the dialogue between Carnival samba schools and institutional spaces of art are examined