Mario Pedrosa knew how to unite art and politics like few others.politics. As a visual arts critic participated actively in the constitution of the main vanguards of the of the second half of the 20th century. As an agitator and and political thinker he was fundamental in the construction broader and freer propositions for socialism in Brazil. in Brazil. This volume of the Coleo Encontros, by interviews with the various facets of this who was one of the most one of the most active Brazilian intellectuals of the of the 20th century, allows a broad view of his his trajectory.

"In the peripheral countries, in the underdeveloped belt, the vanguards also appear, but here their purpose would rather be to affirm themselves as up to date. They have, however, their eyes set on the irresistible changes dictated by the law of the civilization of consumption for consumption's sake, that is, that of the great markets. This is why our "avant-garde" artists are always running after the latest novelty."