Capturing the time: the representation of old age in the projects of Arianne Clément

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7917.2021.e77989

Abstract

The paper presents the old age in the projects of Arianne Clément using the images available in her website as well as the considerations of Sontag (2005) and Flusser (2006) important to the understanding of the art of photography and through this to the comprehension of Clément’s representation of old age as a searching for a non commom beauty, that is, the Canadian photographer challenges a trivial meaning of beauty linked solely to the youth, to what seems eternally young. Clément, on the other hand, shines a light on the elderly from 70 years old on and on their questions about sexuality, longevity, feminism, and beauty. For this, Clément is an artist committed to a reader of old age that wants to take it out of the shadows and undo visions of it according to which it is the age of decline of all beings.

Author Biography

Victor André Pinheiro Cantuário, Universidade Federal do Amapá

Doutorando em Estudos Literários pela Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP). Mestre em Planejamento e Políticas Públicas (2019) pela Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE). Graduado em Filosofia (2012) pela Universidade Estadual do Amapá (UEAP). Graduado em Letras-Francês (2008) pela Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP). Professor na Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP).

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2021-08-26

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CANTUÁRIO, Victor André Pinheiro. Capturing the time: the representation of old age in the projects of Arianne Clément. Anuário de Literatura, [S. l.], v. 26, p. 01–12, 2021. DOI: 10.5007/2175-7917.2021.e77989. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/literatura/article/view/77989. Acesso em: 8 jan. 2026.

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Vol. 26 (2021)

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Representações da velhice na literatura e outras artes

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