A large garbage dumpster painted in eye-catching gold, 2.80m, on a concrete base painted white, surrounded by cacti. It was very important for Paulo to work with the local community and this work speaks of worlds that are often separated, that of a public that has no access to culture and that of art that is often too elitist. His work speaks of the 'black hole of culture'. He then mocks what a monument is by wanting to enlarge a bulky trash can, transforming it into a magnificent object that thus loses its functions. The cacti planted in a circle around the work make it almost unreachable and are a metaphor that speaks of the difficulties in accessing culture.
Paulo Brusck
Recife, Pernambuco, 1949
He currently lives and works in Recife, Brazil
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Paulo Bruscky is one of the leading figures of conceptual art in Brazil and one of the main pioneers of several manifestations involving art, technology, and communication. His artistic practice, based on the idea of art as information, is marked by constant experimentation, resulting in a plural body of work composed of visual poetry, artist’s books, performances, urban interventions, Super-8 films, and works in new media. Bruscky’s production is also characterized by social and political protest, a result of the artist's critical and militant attitude, whose early career coincides with the rise of military governments and the consequent establishment of severe dictatorial regimes in several Latin American countries, including Brazil.
