FOTOPERFORMANCE E PINTURA CORPORAL: experimentações de Bianca Esquivel

Abstract

The objective of this study is to develop artistic experiments using the model as an artistic being to be photographed and as a living canvas. Considering the model not only as a support but as an indispensable part of the creative process. To this end, bibliographical and documentary references on the body art movement, the relationships between painting and photography, and the techniques used in both languages ​​were analyzed. The research in this work asks the following question: “How can we use the languages of photoperformance and painting to obtain a series of works?” To answer this question, qualitative research was conducted, using historical moments where body painting was involved, contemporary movements that use the body as a support, artists and models involved in photoperformance, among other references in these areas. Experiments by various artists were also analyzed, with the aim of identifying visual elements in the compositions that could contribute to the theoretical and practical study developed during the work. The data collected in this research allowed us to understand the dialectic of the encounters between artist and model, together with the pictorial and performative work, and how this impacts the rehearsals.

Keywords: body painting, body art, photoperformance, photography, essays.