Studio and factory came together, and paint, disposable materials and other industrial leftovers merged to provide the creative material. It may appear that between the two realities, originality and resourcefulness, are several steps apart, but this year there was evidence of their kinship....
Studio and factory came togeth...
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Flávia Vieira has struck a chord between the European West and the revolutionary and transformational energy of the South American context in Brazil: one that perceives ceramics and textiles as vital vectors for pondering the hierarchies and significance attached to different forms of artistic expression....
Flávia Vieira has struck a ch...
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Guimarães is once again the epicentre of contemporary textile art in 2024, with a new edition of the Contextile biennial. Together with conferences, workshops and exhibitions, including one by the guest country Canada, the featured artist Josep Grau-Garriga, the international exhibition, artist residencies and national...
Guimarães is once again the e...
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As Miguel von Hafe Pérez said, the artist's voice, embodied in their work, is the one which best addresses our more or less limited conceptions of the world. The what, the how, the when are matters that only each author is accountable for, and this...
As Miguel von Hafe Pérez said...
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According to her, she is all about hybridity and the utmost professionalism. She embraced Portugal ten years ago and is still here, bridging gaps, performing in different places, giving voice to a body marginalised by the past and calling for revolution. A rallying cry that...
According to her, she is all a...
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(Português) Júlia Lema Barros é toda ela som, imaterialidade e expansão. A artista que começou no desenho, depressa colocou a imagem em movimento e, desde então, é uma voz em constante reflexão do presente, juntando as peças do ido e do vindouro, num entre mergulhos...
(Português) Júlia Lema Barro...
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Punk. Rebellious. Defiant. Obstinate. Dreamer. Such is the seed of the Adorna project, the same as the person who gave birth to it. Estefânia r. de Almeida, the teenager who decided one day to carve out a new path and relinquish her French nationality, embraced...
Punk. Rebellious. Defiant. Obs...
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Henrique Tavares Ferreira addresses the why and the how, thinking and its manifestation, on Umbigo's December cover. Merging science and art, his gesture is an empowering way of sending a much needed message, a warning or a reminder, which neither dictates nor passes judgement, but...
Henrique Tavares Ferreira addr...
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Just like the rainbow, which, under certain conditions, requires a specific interval to develop, nature requires us to be calm and reflective before we can notice its presence. At Círculo de Artes Plásticas in Coimbra (CAPC), the exhibition Eles falam em Arco-Íris reflects this issue:...
Just like the rainbow, which, ...
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Her fascination with alchemy, archaeology, astronomy and travelling merges the cosmos and the earth. For Leka Mendes, the world is a source of attraction and awe. She explores celestial events, geology, "natural disasters" and the photographic element in a work that reflects all these traits....
Her fascination with alchemy, ...
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