Autorrepresentação e a construção de narrativas a partir dos artistas Maxwell Alexandre e Dalton Paula

Abstract

Representation and self-representation dialogue in time and space and this relationship makes up the general scene of this work. The theme of self-representation is contextualized within the contemporary art system, focusing on the constitution of self-image based on the visual and performative productions of artists Maxwell Alexandre and Dalton Paula. The two artists promote works with the performative intention of restoring self-esteem to black men and women, based on criticism of their representations, especially the traditional art system. They start from the configuration of images that build a historical counter-narrative, based on specific issues, experienced in different ways by the two artists, to propose actions of protagonism and empowerment for these groups. We sought to verify the problem of the adequacy of the art system according to their readings: how do artists punctuate the ongoing review of the place of black people in representations within colonial model structures? And what contradictions are also highlighted in their positions regarding the places of power effectively accessed by black people in society? As a methodological strategy, the category of crossroads, by Leda Maria Martins, was used, which divides or opens the work into three chapters, in order to understand the intersections between Art and Anthropology in the formation of the idea of self-image; between historical representations, the possibilities of visual identification of groups and the conformation of contemporary works (citations and the ambiguity of images); between Art associated with languages of painting, performance, the sacred and nature, spaces of creation and the performative proposed in the actions of the artists selected for the research. In the general understanding of the study, both artists understand the moment of prominence for black art and provoke actions of permanence and possibilities for this group of people, alongside and beyond traditional art institutions