Alfredo Volpi: Between the Modern and the Popular Published by Museu de Arte de São Paulo/KMEC Books.
Edited by Adriano Pedrosa, Tomás Toledo. Text by Adele Nelson, Antonio Brasil Jr., Aracy Amaral, Kaira Cabañas, Mário Pedrosa, Nathaniel Wolfson, Sônia Salzstein, Tomás Toledo, Walmir Ayala. A fresh view of the acclaimed Brazilian modernist painter through the lens of arte popular Italian-Brazilian artist Alfredo Volpi (1896–1988) was a central figure of Brazilian art in the 20th century. His painting is influenced by both modern and customary traditions, including handcraft, popular parties, religious themes and the facades of Brazilian colonial and vernacular architecture.
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