Martinha Maia
22 Sep - 27 Oct 2007
MARTINHA MAIA
"Negro / Black"
Opening – 21st September, 10 p.m.
Performance – Fluxos thing version 2 on the 22nd September at Interpress, 10 p.m.
Open from the 22nd September to the 27th October
Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m.
Black is one of the strongest moments when handling color. The intensification is brought by through the exhaustive exercise of overlaying layer after layer, until the intended depth has been reached.
Martinha Maia’s first solo exhibition, in the rooms of Vera Cortês Art Agency,
concentrates in this search for depth that only blackness can convey. The works
presented by the artist are the result of a research she has furthered during her residency in Casa Velázquez, Madrid, with a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
The new works compose an essay that goes beyond figurative/abstract duality, in order to focus on the translation of Baroque Art concepts into the work of this artist. It is indeed the theatrical dimension of the gesture and of the body in motion that Martinha Maia looks for in each piece. The heavier the gesture, the stronger its track or its evidence will be. The drama of Baroque painting is summoned in the confrontation of the artist with the walls at the Agency and with other surfaces that are at the center of this exhibition.
Martinha Maia creates a dialogue between emptiness and saturation, between the
movement of her body while imprinting the gesture on the wall and the movement of the viewer contemplating its vestige. This dialogue will be extended, in a more direct and confrontational way, through the performance “Fluxos thing version 2”, which will take place at Interpress on the 22nd September, 10 p.m.
Filipa Oliveira
"Negro / Black"
Opening – 21st September, 10 p.m.
Performance – Fluxos thing version 2 on the 22nd September at Interpress, 10 p.m.
Open from the 22nd September to the 27th October
Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m.
Black is one of the strongest moments when handling color. The intensification is brought by through the exhaustive exercise of overlaying layer after layer, until the intended depth has been reached.
Martinha Maia’s first solo exhibition, in the rooms of Vera Cortês Art Agency,
concentrates in this search for depth that only blackness can convey. The works
presented by the artist are the result of a research she has furthered during her residency in Casa Velázquez, Madrid, with a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
The new works compose an essay that goes beyond figurative/abstract duality, in order to focus on the translation of Baroque Art concepts into the work of this artist. It is indeed the theatrical dimension of the gesture and of the body in motion that Martinha Maia looks for in each piece. The heavier the gesture, the stronger its track or its evidence will be. The drama of Baroque painting is summoned in the confrontation of the artist with the walls at the Agency and with other surfaces that are at the center of this exhibition.
Martinha Maia creates a dialogue between emptiness and saturation, between the
movement of her body while imprinting the gesture on the wall and the movement of the viewer contemplating its vestige. This dialogue will be extended, in a more direct and confrontational way, through the performance “Fluxos thing version 2”, which will take place at Interpress on the 22nd September, 10 p.m.
Filipa Oliveira