Lygia Clark
Acting
Biography
Lygia Clark, pseudonym of Lygia Pimentel Lins (Belo Horizonte, October 23, 1920 – Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 1988), was a contemporary Brazilian painter and sculptor who called herself a "non-artist".
Born: October 23, 1920
Place of Birth: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Known For
HO
An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Hélio Oiticica and his works, especially the Parangolés.
Memória do Corpo
Between art and therapy, Lygia explores the patient's sensitivity through a reconfiguration of bodily experiences, expanding the concept of the body as a home of the self to that of the body as a possibility of contact between the personal interior and exterior.
Wampirou
A satire on the relationship between the artist and the art market.
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
Heliorama
A collage of newsreels, trailers, clips and other visionary and unseen fragments of sight and sound regarding the late plastic artist Helio Oititica.
The World of Lygia Clark
Artistic experimental documentary short that explores the universe of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark. Sensorial experiences, the perception of the body, forms and tactile sensations are mixed and reflect the human race as part of the cosmos, getting lost to find itself. Art, stripped of its virtuous image, as an action of the common human being, the expression of living things, runs from the mechanical repetition of movements and attitudes.
Arte Pública
A film regarding the works, the studios and the performances of Abrahan Palatnik, Antonio Dias, Carlos Vergara, Glauco Rodrigues, Helio Oiticica, Ligia Pape, Lygia Clark, Pedro Escosteguy, Rubens Gerchman, Tomoshige Kusuno, Wesley Duke Lee, and the São Paulo 9th Bienal of Art.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Herself
as Self
as Herself
as Herself