HISTORY AND MEMORY IN CAROLINA MARIA DE JESUS, MARIA AUXILIADORA DA SILVA AND ELZA SOARES

Abstract

the present article intends to present an analogy of works of arts by Carolina Maria de Jesus, Elza Soares and Maria Auxiliadora da Silva in a dialogue between the arts, through an engaged socio-political vision from their historical contexts. In this regard, it is intended to discuss the relevance of memory as a awareness of in a moment of chaos. To this purpose, two historical aspects will be raised: the historical context in which the artists are born and enter the labor market and the moment when their works are released and they are seen as three important black artists in Brazilian and international cultural life. Although it is about three different historical moments in the career of each of them - the 1960s, 1970s and 2000s, we understand that there are common issues of social criticism present in his works that build an aesthetically engaged and memoralistic discourse.

Keywords: Carolina Maria de Jesus, Maria Auxiliadora da Silva and Elza Soares. Engaged art. Historicalcontext. Memory. Awareness.