Title: CAM e SPAM: arte, política e sociabilidade na São Paulo moderna, do início dos anos 1930
Abstract:This work discusses the first artistic associations created in the city of São Paulo in the early 1930´s.Its main focus is the "Clube de Artistas Modernos" (CAM) -an association active between the end...This work discusses the first artistic associations created in the city of São Paulo in the early 1930´s.Its main focus is the "Clube de Artistas Modernos" (CAM) -an association active between the end of 1932 and January 1934, a dissidence of the "Sociedade Pró-Arte Moderna" (SPAM), formed by local artists and the Paulista intellectual elite.Trying to adapt to the cultural and political tendencies of the period, the group wanted, above all, to propagate modern art and to broaden its audience in order to obtain ideological and financial freedom.CAM tried to end its dependency on the Maecenas tradition dependency, thus it created a large cultural project which included musical and dance sessions, balls, lectures, and plays.The great variety of events was based on two fundamental axis: the modernist experience (new languages) and the connection between art and politics, in order to "spread the gospel" of the leftist ideology.Read More