Catálogos de exposição: a circulação das obras de Raymundo Cela

Abstract

This work seeks to understand the circulation of the body of work from the painter, drawer and engraver Raymundo Brandão Cela (1890-1954), since his period of tuition at the National Fine Arts School (ENBA) in the early 20th century in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until exhibitions held on today. From the reproduction of the artist's works, printed on exhibition catalogs, I try to construct a sociology of representation of the artistic object, that is, the way certain conventions are triggered to categorize them and how these classifications are given layers of meanings. Therefore, not only the discursive range about the works are prominent, but also the medium in which they circulate: exhibitions, catalogs, catalogue books, brochures and newspapers. In the case of exhibition catalogs, these have a prominent place as they highlight the way art worlds functions, that is, how they foment a system of statements on exhibitions, artists and works, from an interdependence network within art institutions. Such an approach will contribute to the discussions - still inchoate - on the history of printed matter in the art worlds, apart from raising questions about the Brazilian art by means of exhibitions and art collections.