Book, Hélio Oiticica: what is the parangolé?[LS]

“What is the parangolé?”, explains Waly Salomão at a certain point in Hélio Oiticica's profile, “it was an expression often used when I arrived from Bahia to live in Rio de Janeiro, and it meant 'What's up?'.” The same fluidity of hill slang appears in the parangolés created by Hélio Oiticica, objects open to contingency and movement. The trajectory of one of the most relevant avant-garde artists of the 20th century is drawn with style and ease by the poet who saw no limits to experimentality and boldness. A meeting of geniuses, benefiting from the proximity of the two interlocutors and friends and the knowledge of someone who served as advisor to Oiticica's collection and editor of his texts. “Few understood the work of Hélio Oiticica like the poet Waly Salomão, contemporary, interlocutor and great friend of the artist.” - Antonio Cícero Matters