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Popular on the palace roof of the National Congress on the opening day of Brasilia, DF. Brazil

Thomas Farkas1960

 Instituto Moreira Salles

Instituto Moreira Salles
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Through a partnership with the artist himself, the IMS took on the protection and preservation of the photographic works of Thomaz Farkas, comprising over 34,000 images that range from 1940-1990. A multifaceted figure who also made a profound mark on the Brazilian cultural scene as a businessman – at the head of Fotoptica, the company inherited from his father – and a man of cinema, Farkas composed a vast photographical oeuvre with a strong authorial voice that would be appreciated as a whole only late in his life, in the 1990s.
Farkas’ main influence at the time was the American movement of direct photography, represented by such figures as Paul Strand (1890-1976), Ansel Adams (1902-1984), and Edward Weston (1886-1964), with whom Farkas came to correspond. His main subject in the 1940s was the city of São Paulo as it underwent an accelerated process of modernization; he tackled it in search of new and unexpected compositions, presaging the constructivist art of the next decade with his geometric abstractionism. At the same time, he tried out surrealist images.

Details

  • Title: Popular on the palace roof of the National Congress on the opening day of Brasilia, DF. Brazil
  • Creator: Farkas, Thomaz
  • Creator Lifespan: 1924-10-17 - 2011-03-25
  • Creator Nationality: Hungarian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: São Paulo, SP. Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Budapeste. Hungary
  • Date: 1960
  • Location Created: Brasília
  • Physical Dimensions: w30 x h45 cm (primary support)
  • Provenance: Instituto Moreira Salles
  • Type: Photography
  • Rights: Instituto Moreira Salles
  • External Link: http://www.ims.com.br
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print

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