Our third exhibition opens on September 23rd at 6pm in our space.
A solo exhibition by Gabriela Albuquerque, curated by Cristiana Tejo. The exhibition brings together Albuquerque's most recent series of works, entitled “Beach House”, along with other landscape paintings. This is the artist's first solo exhibition, and she will be accompanied by Chico Diaz, who will present some of her works in our project room: The smallest gallery in Lisbon.
Gabriela Albuquerque is a Brazilian artist, who works and lives in Cascais. His current research focuses on recurring landscapes and developments beyond the historical academic tradition of this genre. The almost compulsive repetition of images seeks to exalt the paradox between permanence and impermanence of our surroundings, of that which is familiar to us, but also ephemeral. The choice of oil paint as a support, which follows a centuries-old tradition, questions the continuity of certain practices that persist despite constant innovations. The paintings are more than just records of moments and places, they are also an attempt – perhaps frustrated – to make the ephemeral permanent.
Chico Diaz is a Mexican-Brazilian actor and visual artist currently based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Diaz spent most of his childhood traveling between Peru, Costa Rica and Paraguay. At age 14, Diaz began his acting career and has been active since the late 1970s, appearing in several Brazilian television series and films. In 2022, he won the best actor award at the Gramado Festival for the film “Noites Alienígenas”. The film was recently shown at the FESTIN Film Festival in Lisbon. Chico Diaz has been painting since childhood. His body of work carries expressive dichotomies, all found in dream narratives and landscapes that refer to the world of dreams. Ranging from spiritual symbolisms to Brazilian horizons, he is capable of engineering a contrasting vocabulary; often oscillating between dark figures and joyful images.
We hope to see you there!