O núcleo de arte contemporânea da Universidade Federal da Paraíba 1978/1985

Abstract

UFPB) as well as its roles throughout 1978 and1985. This institution emerges when Brazil was going through a complex process of political openness. Meanwhile, the art system, marked by the presence of experimental artistic practices, was going through a series of reconfigurations concerning the cultural institution's functions and its concepts, ideals and artistic practices.The research's hypothesis is that despite the fact that NAC's creation was directly related to the National Cultural Politics (Política Nacional de Cultura-PNC) and Culture and Education Ministry (Ministério da Educação e Cultural-MEC) directives regarding Brazilian universities, it was the presence of Paulo Sérgio Duarte (critic) and of the artist Antonio Dias, both responsible for the conception of the institution's motions and for inserting it into the national artistic scene, that made it possible to enact an innovative model considering the northeastern institutional context. This is to be considered focusing on the production and dissemination of Brazilian experimental art. One of the central issues of this research was to identify through what extend had NAC fulfilled its objective of becoming an educational center that also disseminates and foments contemporary art in the state of Paraíba. In addition to that, one of the highpoints of the research relies on analyzing what had caused a decrease in NAC's activities, as well as a noticeable transformation of its main purposes and objectives in 1981.