The Communication Field Applied To Art Criticism

The Curatorial Text As Communication

Authors

  • Yasmin Gomes Unama - University of the Amazon
  • Thiago Almeida Barros Unama - University of the Amazon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31501/clogia.v17i1.15378

Abstract

This article consists of an analysis of the curatorial text used in the exhibition Modernos Contemporâneos Volume 1, which brings together the collections of the museums of two Amazonian universities, in Belém do Pará, with works by 56 artists. Based on this excerpt, the aim is to understand this textual result of curation from an approximation between the fields of art and communication, especially in the processes of production of meanings. The curatorial text presented in the exhibition was subjected to content analysis to identify key elements applied to assist in the understanding of the exhibition's viewers, and, subsequently, to propose a dialogue through the authors José Luiz Braga (2015), Ciro Marcondes Filho (2019) and Vera França (2017). In the final considerations, it is concluded that the curatorial text is an important channel of communication, which goes beyond criticism and exhibition presentation, allowing the public to engage with new aesthetic experiences, making them part of this experience based on the information they receive, but which also carry specific discourses and intentions.

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Author Biographies

Yasmin Gomes, Unama - University of the Amazon

Master's student in the Postgraduate Program in Communication, Languages ​​and Culture at the University of the Amazon (PPGCLC/UNAMA) and in the Postgraduate Program in Arts at the Federal University of Pará (PPGARTES/UFPA), Specialist in Art History (Multivix College), Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts (UNAMA). Curator and researcher.

Thiago Almeida Barros, Unama - University of the Amazon

Journalist and PhD in Communication, Languages ​​and Culture. Coordinator and professor of the Postgraduate Program in Communication, Languages ​​and Culture (PPGCLC), at the University of the Amazon (UNAMA). Leader of the Research Group Society and Representations of/in the Amazon (Soci-Amazonia).

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Published

2025-12-11

How to Cite

Gomes, Y., & Almeida Barros, T. (2025). The Communication Field Applied To Art Criticism: The Curatorial Text As Communication. Comunicologia, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.31501/clogia.v17i1.15378