Carlos Zílio: entre instâncias política/utopia/estética

Abstract

This research, through the work of artist Carlos Zílio, discusses on, at times complementary, at times divergent points such as utopias, heterotopias, aesthetics and politics, utopian thinking and postmodernity. This artist was selected taking into account the period of preparation of his pieces, when there was a profound change in the Brazilian political structure. The 1960s/70s, period of the pieces analyzed, were marked by the Brazilian military regime that, among many other actions, chased those who were opposed to the new government impositions. Given the time when the works were made, the analyzes goes from the political engagement to the aesthetic engagement, making a comparison between these two fields, discussing the relationship between art and politics. Another point of discussion of Zílio s pieces is their utopian function, following a reassessment of the concept, which loses its dreamlike force to become a concept related to transforming and political impulses. By analyzing the pieces of this period, it is necessary to analyze the concept of postmodernity and the intertwining with utopias, considered antagonistic thoughts. After the comparisons between all the concepts, we title the works and actions of Zílio as artistic life, foucauldian perspective, which relates art and life of artists as an inseparable action. Zílio makes of his life an aesthetic action