This interview with Emmanuel Nassar addresses his artistic trajectory, creative processes, and reflections on artistic production, with an emphasis on chromatic relationships and the use of irony in his body of work. The text results from a series of dialogues initiated in August 2025 and developed throughout the same year between both artists. Embedded within a research project dedicated to the study of color and irony, the interview raises questions that deepen the understanding of chromatic development in Nassar’s work, as well as its possible connections to personal thoughts, narratives, and circumstances, particularly with regard to the use of irony in his visual practice.

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https://doi.org/10.5965/244712671212026e28436

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Emmanuel Nassar, Interview, Color, Irony, Art

Abstract

This interview with Emmanuel Nassar addresses his artistic trajectory, creative processes, and reflections on artistic production, with an emphasis on chromatic relationships and the use of irony in his body of work. The text results from a series of dialogues initiated in August 2025 and developed throughout the same year between both artists. Embedded within a research project dedicated to the study of color and irony, the interview raises questions that deepen the understanding of chromatic development in Nassar’s work, as well as its possible connections to personal thoughts, narratives, and circumstances, particularly with regard to the use of irony in his visual practice.

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Author Biographies

Júlia Hallal, University of São Paulo

Júlia Hallal is a master’s student in Visual Poetics in the Graduate Program in Visual Arts at the University of São Paulo (PPGAV/USP). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from FEBASP (2019).

Marco Giannotti, University of São Paulo

Marco Giannotti is a painter and an associate professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP).

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CENTRO MUNICIPAL DE ARTE HÉLIO OITICICA. Emmanuel Nassar: Este Norte. Rio de Janeiro, 2012. Catálogo de exposição. Disponível em: <http://www.emmanuelnassar.com/assets/este-norte.pdf>. Acesso em: 06 dez. 2025.

MATTAR, Denise. “Meu tema sou eu”. In: NASSAR, Emmanuel. Emmanuel Nassar – A poesia da gambiarra. Curadoria de Denise Mattar. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 2003. p. 7-23.

HERKENHOFF, Paulo. As latitudes de Emmanuel Nassar. In: NASSAR, Emmanuel. Emmanuel Nassar – A poesia da gambiarra. Curadoria de Denise Mattar. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 2003. p. 29-68.

MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO – MAM. Release: Emmanuel Nassar. 2024. Disponível em: <https://mam.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/release-mam-emmanuel-nassar.pdf>. Acesso em: 05 dez. 2025.

NASSAR, Emmanuel. 1949. Emmanuel Nassar – a poesia da gambiarra. Curadoria Denise Mattar. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, 2003. 172 p.

Published

2026-04-28

How to Cite

HALLAL, Júlia; GIANNOTTI, Marco. This interview with Emmanuel Nassar addresses his artistic trajectory, creative processes, and reflections on artistic production, with an emphasis on chromatic relationships and the use of irony in his body of work. The text results from a series of dialogues initiated in August 2025 and developed throughout the same year between both artists. Embedded within a research project dedicated to the study of color and irony, the interview raises questions that deepen the understanding of chromatic development in Nassar’s work, as well as its possible connections to personal thoughts, narratives, and circumstances, particularly with regard to the use of irony in his visual practice. Revista Apotheke, Florianópolis, v. 12, n. 1, 2026. DOI: 10.5965/244712671212026e28436. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/apotheke/article/view/28436. Acesso em: 29 apr. 2026.