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HÉLIO OITICICA (1937-1980)
Seja marginal, seja herói (Be a Hero, Be an Outlaw)
screenprint on fabric
95 x 115cm.
Conceived in 1968 and printed in 1992, this work is from an edition
Provenance
Estate Hélio Oiticica.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Hélio Oiticica, 1992. This exhibition later travelled to Paris, Galerie National de Jeu de Paume, Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Lisbon, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center (another example exhibited).
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The colours of this specific flag are the colours of the favela Mangueira, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, where Oiticica lived and also celebrated the Carnaval.

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