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Art and violence:

Representations of the female body in the history of art

This lecture is an introduction to the way women artists look at the representation of women's bodies in the history and history of art.  Based on the analysis of selected works by 4 Latin American artists -  Ana Mendieta, Doris Salcedo, Rosana Paulino and Voluspa Jarpa - topics such as sexual and social violence, beauty standards, representation, identity and hysteria are addressed.

Isabel Carvalho

Art historian (UERJ), Master in Contemporary Arts Studies (UFF). She has been teaching Art History since 2013 at cultural institutions in Rio de Janeiro and Petrópolis, such as SESC and Imperator. She has been working as an art content producer since 2018, having participated in the coverage of two international Art Fairs.  Received first place in the Evanildo Bechara award  incentive to science in 2012 with research on virtual archiving in collective practices in art (published in the book  Borders: art, image, history. 1d.Rio de Janeiro: Azougue editorial, 2014, v. , P. 191-200 by Sheila Cabo Geraldo)  and invited to present her research in the 65th edition of the  SBPC (Brazilian Society  for the Advancement of Science).

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