A Religiosidade na cultura popular de Cuiabá : uma relação com as obras de arte e seus artistas

Abstract

This qualitative research investigates the relationships between devotion to the most popular saints of the Catholic Church, which permeate the production of visual arts and demonstrate religiosity in Cuiabá. For this, some works by the artists Karl von den Steinen (1855-1929); Wega Nery (1912-2007); Ignêz Corrêa da Costa (1907-1987); Humberto Espíndola (1943); Dalva de Barros (1935); João Sebastião da Costa (1949-2016); Gervane de Paula (1961); Adir Sodré de Souza (1962-2020) and Márcio Aurélio (1955-2024) were chosen. The works chosen for this study highlight saints and Catholic churches in Cuiabá, which the artists mixed with elements of local culture, such as fauna, flora, the Pantanal landscape, the cerrado, etc., often forming a mythical setting, where legends and superstitions commune with the sacred. The main theoretical contribution is made up of: Figueiredo (1979, 1990, 2010, 2021), Bertoloto (2001, 2006), Davies (2023) and Leite (2003). The methodology used is bibliographic and documentary research in books, exhibition catalogs, interviews, photographic records, and scanned images. The selection and subsequent analysis of the works of art revealed the path to the discovery of a unique language that dialogues with the research process.