The Re-Enactment of Historical Works
Claudia Calirman, The Brooklyn Rail
July 2013
The issue of re-staging historical works and actions became a sticking point when Gabriela Rangel and I co-curated the exhibition ‘Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent!’ at the Americas Society (September – December 2011). The premise of the exhibition was to show works done by Manuel in response to artistic censorship during the most repressive phase of the military government that ruled Brazil from 1968 to 1975. […]