BAJADO AND THE INVENTION OF THE MANGUEGEEK MOVEMENT
History of Art; Comic; Heritage Education; Visual arts.
BBajado or Euclides Francisco Amâncio, was a painter, designer and poster artist who was born in Maraial, in 1912 and died in Olinda in 1996. The construction of his visual identity, as an artist, is shaped by the influence of Comics and Cinema, languages that he intensely consumed throughout his childhood and adolescence in the Zona da Mata of Pernambuco. Bajado, he painted truck fenders, walls and posters for commercial establishments. But Bajado also painted paintings, in addition to having his work exhibited in several exhibitions in Brazil and abroad – a true celebrity of his time. His compositions of flat colors and outlined with black lines, communicated with clarity and objectivity, talking about popular festivals such as Carnival, Bumba Meu Boi, São João – not to mention football, bohemia and narratives associated with religious traditions of different natures. An artist of great representation in the Historic Site of Olinda, being referenced in biographies, interviews, documentaries, songs and honored in events promoted by public and private initiatives. Due to its high Symbolic Capital and the influence inherited from Comics and Cinema in its artistic work, this doctoral thesis narrates the reasons why a group of artists adopted Bajado as an origin myth to stimulate the practice of producing comic books. which was intended to be recorded in the memory of the City of Olinda. Based on research and authorial productions carried out by different local agents, which began at Colégio Imaculado Coração de Maria – Bairro Novo/Olinda – and unfolded until the Federal University of Pernambuco, we will discuss the concepts, references and development of the set of artistic interventions named the MangueGeek Movement. A short history of Pernambuco art. The results of the interventions are expressed in the pages of the collection of graphic novels: Contos dos Altos e Ladeiras (CHIARELLI; BORRE, 2017); Patchwork (CHIARELLI; PAIVA, 2023); Fastio (CHIARELLI; DOMINGOS, 2022); Side B (CHIARELLI; PESSOA; FRANCO, 2022) and initially configure a specific way of making Comics.