Abstract
É reconhecido por vários autores o carácter visual da escrita do artista português Almada Negreiros (1893-1970), mas as múltiplas derivações e interpretações que daí podem surgir têm ainda muito por explorar. Neste artigo procuro fazer algumas dessas interpretações sobre o intercâmbio entre o pictórico e o literário que ocorre na obra de Almada Negreiros, com ênfase precisamente no intercâmbio, isto é, não notando meramente a criação de imagens visuais literárias — o que tem sido o foco dos estudos literários — mas entendendo que a escrita de Almada deriva de uma concepção de vanguarda e de arte assente no primado da visão e que a sua prática e teoria pictóricas determinam a sua escrita. Por outro lado, abordarei também a revisitação que faz em pintura da sua obra literária. Mais do que um diálogo entre duas artes, o pictórico e o literário em Almada estão profundamente interligados e a obra daqui resultante constitui-se um exemplo da inventividade que resultou da ruptura de fronteiras entre as artes operada pelas vanguardas do início do século.
Many authors have recognized the visual character of the writings by the Portuguese artist Almada Negreiros (1893-1970), but the multiple variations and interpretations that can be driven from
that are yet to be explored. In this article I intend to make some of those interpretations about the interchange between the pictorial and the literary that occur in his work, emphasizing precisely the interchange, that is, not noticing merely how he creates strong literary images — which has been the focus
of the literary studies — but understanding that Almada’s writing thrives from a notion of avant-garde based on the primacy of vision and that his practice and theory about the pictorial are determinant for his writing. On another hand, I will also consider how his painting often revisits his literary work. More than a dialogue between two art forms, the pictorial and the literary in Almada Negreiros are profoundly interconnected and constitute an example of the inventiveness that resulted from the rupture of the frontiers between the arts operated by the avant-garde from the early twentieth century.
Many authors have recognized the visual character of the writings by the Portuguese artist Almada Negreiros (1893-1970), but the multiple variations and interpretations that can be driven from
that are yet to be explored. In this article I intend to make some of those interpretations about the interchange between the pictorial and the literary that occur in his work, emphasizing precisely the interchange, that is, not noticing merely how he creates strong literary images — which has been the focus
of the literary studies — but understanding that Almada’s writing thrives from a notion of avant-garde based on the primacy of vision and that his practice and theory about the pictorial are determinant for his writing. On another hand, I will also consider how his painting often revisits his literary work. More than a dialogue between two art forms, the pictorial and the literary in Almada Negreiros are profoundly interconnected and constitute an example of the inventiveness that resulted from the rupture of the frontiers between the arts operated by the avant-garde from the early twentieth century.
Translated title of the contribution | Word clippings and painted stories: interchange between the pictorial and the literary in Almada Negreiros |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 25-43 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Diadorim |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Modernidade
- Intercâmbios
- Pintura
- Escrita
- Visão
- Modernity
- Vision
- Interchange
- Painting
- Writing