Breathe with Me, a Breath of Life: Material Mysticism in Clarice Lispector and Lygia Clark
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Charles Stankievech looks at two key feminist figures in the Brazilian culture of the mid-twentieth century: writer Clarice Lispector and artist Lygia Clark. While Clark and Lispector never met in their lifetime, this essay endeavours to bring together their entwined oeuvres finding a sympathetic resonance in the central role that breathing played in both their practices.