O imaginário do bordel no universo artístico de Tereza Costa Rêgo: o sagrado e o erótico no infinito particular da obra "A Noiva"

Abstract

This study proposes a reflection on the representations of the imaginary in the work of Tereza Costa Rêgo, through the images of mythical and symbolic articulations between the sacred and the erotic particularly on the "The Bride", which comprises the step "Pernambucanos Brothels". Interest in the study of the work of Tereza Costa Rêgo originated from research on women artists and Northeastern have undertaken in 2009 at the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Bahia – UFBA. The analyzes are based on the analytic method about the mitocrítica proposed by Gilbert Durand, trying to understand how the author makes the intersection (or interrelationship) between the two universes (the erotic and the sacred) from the point of view of visual storytelling. Ride the universe mitocrítica, which confirms the power of symbolic image and rehabilitates the size of the archetypes and the driving force of myths. Reflect the erotic from the point of view of Georges Bataille and the sacred through studies Mircea Eliade. Therefore, research has characterized the concepts and key elements of the sacred and the erotic imagery. The research approach is qualitative and ethnographic study that investigates the dynamic relationship between the objective world and the subjectivity of the subject. Besides the pictorial work, we use the considerations of the artist to guide the manifestations of mythic images that reveal meanings and answers about the role of imagination in building imagery. The party erotic and sacred in the work, specifically in the "Bride" is the culmination of investigative activity. Tereza Costa Rêgo does not break with the natural movement of contrasts, it integrates harmoniously.