Rogério Duarte's poster for Glauber Rocha's movie "Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol", 1964
Rogério Duarte started his career as a graphic designer in the 1960s. He had begun his formation in this area by taking the experimental course offered by Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro MAM-RJ (‘Rio de Janeiro’s Modern Arte Museum’).
He worked with Aloísio Magalhães between 1961 and 1962. He was the art director of the Maurício Vilela Laboratory (1963), coordinator of the Visual Arts Department of União Nacional dos Estudades – UNE (‘National Students Union’) and director of the Editora Vozes (‘Vozes Publishing House’) from 1966 to 1968, director of DIA Desenho Industrial Audiovisuais –(‘Audiovisual Industrial Design’) (1972-1975), art director of Designio (1976 – 1978), and art director of Salvador’s City Hall (1985 – 1989).
Rogério is a multi-disciplinary artist. He is a poet, a musician and a graphic artist. He is famous for his collaborations with the musicians of the Tropicália movement, especially Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, his book covers and movie posters. In the latter field, he designed the poster of the movie “Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol” (1965) of Glauber Rocha, one of his most famous works.
Holding convictions that went fervently against the dogmatism of the School of Ulm, Rogério Duarte skillfully joined constructive principles acquired during his studies of design with elements of Brazilian popular culture, making a real visual anthropophagy during the period of military dictatorship in Brazil.
Rogério Duarte also holds two titles of Notório Saber em Artes Gráficas e Desenho Industrial (‘Notorious Knowledge in Graphic Arts and Industrial Design’) awarded by the Universidade de Brasília – UNB [ National University of Brasília] and by the Federal Education Council of MEC.
Currently, Duarte teaches in the School of Communications at UFBA (the Federal University in the state of Bahia).
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