The works in blackA moment of pause. Or perhaps the beginning of a journey: solitary, silent and spiritual, towards distant times. An experience of abandonment and bewilderment. An invitation to pilgrimage. The emergence of discomfort and doubt. The renunciation of entertainment. An unhealed scar. The...
The works in blackA moment...
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The exhibition It’s not a landscape, It’s a battlefield, on view at Galeria 111, brings together a handful of drawings made by artist Alexandre Conefrey, in dry pastel on paper. The drawings extend throughout the gallery space, in a linear fashion, and emerge in a vibrant...
The exhibition It’s not a la...
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Oscar Giaconia shows his work for the first time in Lisbon with the set CRYPTOZOOGODEMICHET at MONITOR Lisbon. There are seven bodies that emerge in a language of various layers and transparencies. These emphasize the artist’s knowledge and practice: to build a symbiosis between the...
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Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art gallery brings Lawrence Weiner to Lisbon in Around the World, an exhibition that shares its name with a work made in 2020 by the artist, whose intention is to think about location based on an imaginary line of reference, from which...
Cristina Guerra Contemporary A...
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Uma vida inteira by Nuno Sousa Vieira is an extensive exercise in spatial construction and deconstruction, where the body is a pivotal element of this uninterrupted game composed of forms and perceptions. This game makes us aware of the many lives experienced by an artist’s...
Uma vida inteira by Nuno Sousa...
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Several key works to understand the work of Alberto Carneiro (Trofa, 1937-2017) are in the exhibition Os caminhos do corpo at Lisbon’s 3+1 Arte Contemporânea. Known above all as a sculptor, his work encompasses photography, drawing and sculpture. This exhibition reveals the artist’s vast universe,...
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In 1945, André Bazin wrote the essay Ontology of the Photographic Image. He argued that the birth of photography had freed painting from realism, allowing it to become its muse. For Bazin, unlike painting, photography does not create eternity. It embalms time, subtracting it from...
In 1945, André Bazin wrote th...
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«Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.»Henry David Thoreau, Walden; or, Life in the Woods, 1854 What happens to the world, happens to us.After all, since the planet’s creation, nothing has been...
«Only that day dawns to which...
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The Cave Photography associates again with Umbigo to suggest a visit to the 31st Encontros da Imagem – International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, 2021.We recommend ten authors with exhibitions until 31 October, divided between Braga and Porto.Genesis 2:1 was the theme chosen for the...
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