Vidal de Negreiros–Ilha Bela

© 1988 Cássio Vasconcellos

Vidal de Negreiros–Ilha Bela

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Vidal de Negreiros–Ilha Bela,

1988

Cássio Vasconcellos, born 1965, São Paulo, Brazil, active São Paulo
2013-65

Vasconcellos took the pictures in his series Navios (Ships) using an underwater camera held barely above the water’s surface. Seeking to mimic the instability of water, he printed the image using an out-of-focus enlarger and pieces of cotton soaked in developer. Then, in a gesture of material alchemy, he turned the photograph into a sort of vessel itself, using a sepia finish to give the picture the shiplike tone of rusted iron. Recalling the legacy of multinational exploitation of natural resources in the Americas, the title refers to the Petrobras (Brazilian petroleum) cargo ship shown in the image as well as the Brazilian colonial hero André Vidal de Negreiros, who led the insurrection against the Dutch invasion of the Portugese colony of Brazil in the seventeenth century.

Information

Title
Vidal de Negreiros–Ilha Bela
Dates

1988

Maker
Cássio Vasconcellos
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
34.2 × 51.4 cm (13 7/16 × 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2013-65
Place Made

South America, Brazil, São Paulo

Culture
Brazilian
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
ships, waves (natural events), seascapes, oceans

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