Hélio Oiticica:

: exile and artistic transformation

Abstract

This article seeks to address the relationship between art and politics from the analysis of the impact that the process of self-exile of the plastic artist Hélio Oiticica, during the period of the Brazilian military dictatorship, had on his artistic productions. By observing part of his trajectory and production in the period prior to his self-exile in London and New York, as well as during the period of exile, he understands how this forced movement due to the authoritarianism of the Brazilian State affected his possibility in a region of exile greater freedom and freedom. openness to experimentation and, in this sense, there is an experimental intensification from greater political freedom.

Keywords: Art; Policy; Resistance; Exile; Dictatorship;