An exhibition celebrating the famous livros do cordel, the printed folk literature of northeastern Brazil (Pictured above, Jose Soares Com Jose Costa Leita, from the collection of Stefan Bartkowiak.)

In the SFCB Gallery
May 9 - Aug 1, 2008     

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< Previous | Catalogue | Next > J. Borges, O Pastoril From the collection of Stefan Bartkowiak. Artist and poet José Francisco Borges was born in 1935 in the village of Bezerros, Pernambuco state, in Northeastern Brazil. Today Borges is Brazil's best-known folk artist working in the wood-cut medium, and his work has been exhibited all over the world, but he comes out of the folk poet/artist tradition of the literatura do cordel. Two of the prints and several of the cordel booklets in this exhibition are by Borges. His brother Amaro Francisco Borges is also represented here with several prints, including one that has become the exhibition’s signature image, "A Mulher Que Enganou o Diabo."

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