Existentialism, arts and the pandemic: the work of Alberto Giacometti, Eugène Ionesco and Albert Camus

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https://doi.org/10.5965/24471267712021267

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existentialism , art , philosophy , pandemic

Abstract

This article aims to correlate the foundations of the philosophical movement of existentialism in the 40s and 50s, with the artistic works of Alberto Giacometti, Eugène Ionesco and Albert Camus. The analysis will be anchored by the sculpture Nose (1947), by Giacometti, by the play Rhinoceros (1959), by Ionesco, and by the book The foreigner (1942), by Camus. All works will be interpreted in the light of existentialism and its counterpoint to the Covid-19 pandemic that has been plaguing the planet since 2020.

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Author Biography

Bruno Henrique Fernandes Gontijo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais - PUCMinas

Especialização em História da Arte - MA (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, PUC Minas)

Graduação em Comunicação Social - Jornalismo (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, PUC Minas)

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BECKETT, Samuel. Esperando Godot; tradução e prefácio Fábio de Souza Andrade – São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2005.

CAMUS, Albert. O estrangeiro, tradução de Valerie Rumjanek. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Record, 2020.

DEMPSEY, Amy. Estilos, escolas & movimento: guia enciclopédico da arte moderna – São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2010.

ESSLIN, Martin. O teatro do absurdo; tradução original Barbara Heliodora; tradução das atualizações José Roberto D’Shea; apresentação à edição brasileira Paulo Francis – 1 ed. – Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, 2018.

GIACOMETTI/ Organização Véronique Wiesinger (Vários autores) – São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2012.

HEIDEGGER, Martin. A origem da obra de arte – Lisboa, Portugal: Edições 70, 1977.

IONESCO, Eugène. O Rinoceronte; tradução Luís de Lima; prefácio Zora Seljan – [ed. Especial]. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 2015.

SARTRE, Jean-Paul. Alberto Giacometti. Organização e tradução de Célia Euvaldo – São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2012.

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WILKINSON, Judith. When Alberto Giacometti met Samuel Beckett. Disponível em: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alberto-giacometti-1159/when-alberto-giacometti-met-samuel-beckett

Programa do espetáculo O Rinoceronte. Théâtre de la Ville – Paris. Maio, 2015.

Filme

FINAL Portrait (O último retrato). Direção de Stanley Tucci. Reino Unido: Potboiler Productions, 2017 (1h30min).

Espetáculo Teatral

O Rinoceronte. Dramaturgia: Eugène Ionesco.

Direção: Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota. Théâtre de la Ville - Paris.

Local: Cine Theatro Brasil Vallourec. Belo Horizonte, maio de 2015.

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Published

2021-04-01

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GONTIJO, Bruno Henrique Fernandes. Existentialism, arts and the pandemic: the work of Alberto Giacometti, Eugène Ionesco and Albert Camus. Revista Apotheke, Florianópolis, v. 7, n. 1, 2021. DOI: 10.5965/24471267712021267. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/apotheke/article/view/19474. Acesso em: 11 sep. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2021): Other tones for the afro-diasporic debate in art and the color fortune

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Artigos Seção aberta

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