Art in Quarantine — Ana Vidigal
UMBIGO invited several artists to reflect on the era we are living in and to think about their artistic production in quarantine times. Project by the artist Ana Vidigal....
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A floating author in a floating island
This is Álvaro Lapa and here we evoke him, asking: “Does reading solve”? The title, taken from one of his works, does not come up with a decision. In it, images, their senses and meanings move in water and air. Stylish, weak, ductile are also...
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Art in Quarantine — Pedro Valdez Cardoso
UMBIGO invited several artists to reflect on the era we are living in and to think about their artistic production in quarantine times.Today we start this new section, being the first project by the artist Pedro Valdez Cardoso.—Pedro Valdez Cardoso, ISOLATION, March 2020"Surrendered to self...
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Hugo Cantegrel’s JUST BEFORE WE BEGIN at Foco Gallery
JUST BEFORE WE BEGIN as a show and title points to the pre-discursive, sensation-based domain which precedes the consolidation of concept. Concept is constructed through justification. Just before we begin there may be a void, where the materials are provided from which a discourse can...
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With a Hand full of Dust, by Rita Gaspar Vieira
Art works on a continuum. It is not just the space that matters; it is not just the filled canvas, the scratched paper, the sculpted block in the construction and deconstruction. Time is also fundamental; it is the record of a passage, of a gesture,...
Art works on a continuum. It i...
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The Moustache Hidden in the Beard: The Heart and the Lungs, by Francisco Tropa
At night, two palisades, two police officers, a piece of meat and a gas lamp, with two hanging posters advertising medical imaging processes. These are the elements of the piece entitled The Heart and The Lungs by Francisco Tropa, at the Galeria Quadrado Azul, in...
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Armanda Duarte and Elisa Montessori, Um lugar desenhado pela passagem do corpo
Armanda Duarte (Portugal, 1961) works in sculpture, architecture and installation. As a rule, she seeks an almost dialectic relationship with the space that hosts her works. Elisa Montessori (Italy, 1931) works in drawing and painting, both abstract and figurative. In the gallery Monitor Lisbon, João...
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Aurora: Desenhos e outros materiais, by Pedro A. H. Paixão
Visiting the exhibition causes a sensation of incomprehensible memory fragments. The visitor is permanently looking for answers to an uninterrupted list of questions, which muddles and confuses him.But the melancholic sensation and the growing memory mishmash, together with the absence of clues, seem to leave...
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Things Founded in Silence
The silence has been a cause for reflection among many authors and artists. Able to summon a creative and meditative spirit, silence is synonymous with interiority, peace, consolation, but also melancholy and solitude. Also, it is a vote, a political position, a manifestation that, albeit...
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Constellations II, or how to contaminate a collection, at Museu Coleção Berardo
If a work of art is timeless, can a permanent collection (without new acquisitions) have no end; be infinite?This seems to be one of the most debated questions by museum institutions in recent years. It is also discussed by Ana Rito and Hugo Barata, curators...
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