THE CONTEMPORARY ART LANGUAGES AT THE ELKE HERING HALL

Abstract

The text refers to the research developed currently on the languages of visual arts in Blumenau. The objective is to know the languages presented at the Elke Hering Hall and therefore, we analyzed all the editions of the Hall, since the first one, from 1994 at present. We are at the project final phase, remaining to process only the data of the 8th Hall, that is happening at the present time. We used as theoretical reference, documents, record and the Cultural Foundation and Art Museum of Blumenau catalogue, organizations that organize and receive the event, as well as journalistic registers, besides the specific bibliography on the contemporary languages visual art and interviews with old leaders of the involved public organizations. The interpretation of the data supplied us the profile of languages presented at the Elke Hering Hall. We realized withdraw of once said traditional languages and the increase of more contemporaries, as well as an expressive alteration on the numbers of artists and selected masterpieces. Regarding the social projection of the event on the community, the number of visitors has grown significantly and at the direction of aesthetic education of the region public, its action appears recently fortified, with pedagogical action matrix, like monitored visits. Key Words: Languages. Visual Arts. Elke Hering Hall.