Black Art in Brazil: Expressions of Identity

Acknowledgments

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S This book is the result of many years of research, interviews, and travels back and forth to Brazil. This publication would not have been possible without the support of the following: the Stanley Foundation and the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa, the U.S. Fulbright Foundation , and the Welch School of Art and Design and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at Georgia State University. Equally important to this project are people in Brazil and the U.S. In Brazil , I would like to thank the artists whom I write about in this book—Abdias Nascimento, Ronaldo Rego, Eustáquio Neves, Ayrson Heráclito, and Rosana Paulino. I am forever appreciative of their time, patience, and willingness to answer all my questions. Also in Brazil I would like to thank Emanoel Araújo and his staff at the Museu AfroBrasil; Léia Cassoni of the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo; Kabengele Munanga and Lisy Salum at the University of São Paulo; and also Maria Lúcia Montes, Solange Farkas, and Elisa Larkin Nascimento. In the United States, I would like to thank Christopher Roy, Barbara Burlison Mooney, and Maria José Somerlate Barbosa. I also thank Todd Cleveland, Kathryn Floyd, Susan Richmond, Heather Shirey, and Patricia de Santana Pinho for reading all or parts of the book manuscript and providing valuable comments. Many thanks go to Amy Gorelick and Marthe Walters at the University Press of Florida and also to Marianna Vertullo at Integrated Book Technology for all of their work. Lastly, I am grateful to my family for their love and support over the years. ...