Antonio Dias (artist)

Antonio Manuel Lima Dias (born February 22, 1944 in Campina Grande in the state of Paraíba , † August 1, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian visual artist .

life and work

Antonio Dias studied with Osvaldo Goeldi (1895–1961) at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro . After the coup in 1964, which was followed by the military dictatorship , Dias went to Paris in 1965, to Milan in 1968 and to New York in 1972 on a Guggenheim grant . In 1977 he travels to Nepal and India. In 1988 the DAAD's Berlin artist program enabled him to stay in Berlin. In 1992 Antonio Dias became professor at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg and in 1993 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe .

Initially active in the field of multimedia with video , installation , object art and LP , Antonio Dias has devoted himself to painting since the 1980s .

He died on August 1, 2018 as a result of his brain tumor disease.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

• 1988: Antonio Dias: Works on Paper, 1977–1987 , Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin
• 2010: Antonio Dias - Anywhere Is My Land , Daros Latinamerica , Zurich, and Pinacoteca do Estado , São Paulo

Group exhibitions

• 1980: 39th Biennale di Venezia , Venice
• 1982: 16th São Paulo Biennale , São Paulo
• 1986: Prospect '86, Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt
• 1987: documenta 8 , Kassel, Audiothek, to be heard in Welt aus Sprache: Akustische Poetry

Collections

The works of Antonio Dias are part of international collections, to be mentioned are: Museum of Modern Art , New York, Museum Ludwig , Cologne, Daros Latinamerica Collection , Zurich, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC-USP), São Paulo.

literature

• Antonio Dias: Anywhere Is My Land by Hans-Michael Herzog , Suely Rolnik , 2010, ISBN 978-3-77572-4-593
• Antonio Dias (exhibition from February 26th - March 27th, 1994, Ursula Blickle Foundation) Text contribution: Gerard Goodrow 1994, ISBN 393-0-04-3-025

Web links

• Antonio Dias website
• Antonio Dias in the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (with picture series and bibliography; Portuguese)
• Literature by and about Antonio Dias in the catalog of the German National Library
• Exhibitions by Antonio Dias on aspects of art

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Antonio Dias, artista plástico, no Rio aos 74 Morre anos. In: globo.com. August 1, 2018, accessed August 2, 2018 (Portuguese). 
2. ↑ pintura brasileira Biografia de Antônio Dias accessed on August 13, 2015 (Portuguese)
3. ↑ Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural Antonio Dias accessed on August 13, 2015 (Portuguese)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Art-agenda Antonio Dias accessed on August 13, 2015 (English)
5. ^ Daros Latinamerica Collection: Antonio Dias. In: daros-latinamerica.net. Retrieved March 25, 2018 . 
6. ^ Documenta 8 catalog: Volume 2, p. 326. Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5
7. ^ Hatje Canz Antonio Dias Anywhere Is My Land , accessed August 13, 2015.