Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2 2 2014 02 12 The Memory and Poetics of Maria Bonomi - A Social Discourse 78 83 EN Alecsandra Matias de Oliveira Doctor in Visual Arts, School of Communication and Arts, Universidade de São Paulo - ECA USP, Specialist in Universit, Cooperation and Extension, Museu de Arte Contemporanea - MAC USP EDUCATION2014223 10.12691/education-2-2-3 2013 08 03 2013 10 22 2014 02 12 This study deals with the relations between memory and art, especially the contemporary art seen in architectural monuments in the city of São Paulo. With this aim, the art history and its aesthetic developments are used as a tool for the research, focusing on the poetics of memories by Maria Bonomi one of the most important artists of the national artistic circuit.