The Getty Research Institute
Research Home Tools Cutural Objects Names Authority Full Record Display
Cultural Objects Names Authority  Cultural Objects Names Authority® Full Record Display
New Search Previous Page Help
ID: 700009703
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009703
Record Type: Conceptual
Saint’s Paradox (installation (visual work); Regina Silveira (Brazilian installation artist, sculptor, an...; created 1994, adaptations 1998...; Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Pau...; )
Note: Paradoxo do Santo is an installation originally created in 1994. The artist donated this work to the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo (MAC USP), Brazil, in 1998. There are different versions of this installation in order to adapt the work for the place where will be exhibited.
Titles:
Saint’s Paradox (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,P)
Paradoxo do Santo (C,U,AR,Portuguese,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
installation (visual work) [300047896] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
installation (preferred)
South American art
Brazilian art

Creation Date: created 1994, adaptations 1998 to 2018

Creator Display:
Regina Silveira (Brazilian installation artist, sculptor, and painter, born 1939) [preferred]
installation artist Silveira, Regina (Brazilian installation artist, sculptor, and painter, born 1939) [500330801]
Locations:
Current: Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) [500308790] Universidade de São Paulo, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Current: São Paulo [7017121] São Paulo (state), Brazil (nation), South America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Repository Numbers: 1998.4.1.1-130
Credit Line: Acquired through the artist.
Display Materials: wood and polystyrene
polystyrene [300014492]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, plastic (material), <plastic by property>, thermoplastic)
wood (plant material) [300011914]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

Dimensions: 380 x 689 x 482 cm
Cultures:
Brazilian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Contemporary (style of art) [300264737] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>)

General Subject:
installation (preferred)
religion and mythology
military

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Conceptual Works
.......... Conceptual works by class: for performance art or installations
Sources and Contributors:
Saint’s Paradox........ [VP]
........ Silveira, Reviewing the Saint’s Paradox (2021) accessed 19 April 2021
Paradoxo do Santo........ [VP]
........ Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (2021-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (2021-) accessed 19 April 2021
New Search

Back to Top
The J. Paul Getty Trust
The J. Paul Getty Trust