{"id":8077,"date":"2026-09-29T16:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usinadearte.org\/paulo-bruscky\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:04:26","slug":"paulo-bruscky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usinadearte.org\/en\/paulo-bruscky\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulo Bruscky"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Painted metal dumpster, concrete base, and cacti
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Painted gold and set on a raised base, a large dumpster becomes a monument. It loses its original function and takes on a character that is at once solemn and ironic. Surrounded by cacti that make it hard to approach, the work delivers a biting critique of Brazil's social contradictions, questioning the cultural hierarchies and mechanisms of exclusion that keep large segments of the population from accessing art.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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Biography<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
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Paulo Bruscky
Lives and works in Recife, Brazil
At Usina de Arte: Brazil 2017 (2017)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

A central figure of conceptual art in Brazil, he has built a career marked by experimentation, social critique and the use of languages such as visual poetry, performance, mail art, urban interventions, Super-8 film and new media. A native of Pernambuco, his practice is based in Recife.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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