A poética essencialista de Murilo Mendes

Abstract

The poetic oeuvre of Murilo Mendes has been the object of multiple reflections which attempt to come to terms with its self-assumed and often censured diversity. The objective of this article is to demonstrate the way in which the homogenesis of this poetry can be structurally described, using as a starting point the essentialist system as proposed by the painter Ismael Nery. This is based on four fundamental principies: a) the universality of art; b) the definition of the artist as the centre of convergence; c) the vision of the work as a place of conciliation of opposites; d) the abstraction of space and time.