44 artists confirmed

The New Art Fest '16

I had some hard time to reach Titanic Sinclair. When I finally did and addressed him an invitation he replied on the spot with a simple word: yes. No strings attached.

All the 44 confirmed artists that will show @ The New Art Fest ’16 are warmly welcome.
This is the first edition of a non-conventional art show. Luisa Moreira and Teresa Boieiro asked me for an idea to do an art exhibition. I replied: why not begin with window stores?

And then we went trough all available but not so often used interfaces to show serious art and have fun with it: street billboards (those small ones sometimes called ‘smart signage’), social networks like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and YouTube, last but not least, a natural and science museum, and the world tech convention Web Summit, which coincides in Lisbon with The New Art Fest ’16. Next year we should also jump to Gin bars, alternative art spaces, suburban trains, subways, trams, lifts, and funiculars. There’s plenty of space in Lisbon for art agency!

We took the decision to go forward in a very precarious financial situation. Almost no sponsors, but a few good friends and a healthy collaboration spirit. We thank you all for your generosity.

Now we just have to match all the deadlines!

António Cerveira Pinto
Director of The New Art Fest 

Vintage 85

Vintage '85 (installation view)

VINTAGE ‘85, two paintings inside Chambre Ardente @ MOSTRA '15

Ninety three young and mature artists are showing on a pop-up show curated by Patricia Pires de Lima. MOSTRA '15 takes place in an empty 50's building soon to be refurbished.

MOSTRA '15 follows a loose curatorial criteria. There's horrible stuff next to excellent artworks. It seems to me as an irresistible swarming against the zombies of bureaucracy and commercial art. Art products are also suffering from excess capacity and huge inventories—waiting for a turn of events as demand seems to freeze everywhere.

My work at MOSTRA '15 is two-folded: three inkjet pictures of the exhibition room done with a smartphone, that you can see online (and buy any or all the one-off prints), and two 'in situ' small 'abstract expressionist' paintings from 1985. I display the two paintings as vintage artworks. The room where I show them is like an art cellar to me. I call it Chambre Ardente (burning chamber).

First, I developed an archeology derivative of the site. Than I used the soon to be destroyed office room as a subtle ritualistic chamber to visually and mentally taste two paintings never shown before.

Have a look until April 19th.


My Works

Vintage '85

• Installation view 
• Em si, 1985 
• Vintage '85—No smell, #1, 2015 
• Vintage '85—No smell, #2, 2015
• Vintage '85—No smell, #3, 2015

Some artists in this show that I liked

• André Sier
• Elisa Pône
• Luís Alegre
• Marta Alvim
• Miguel Palma 
• Rui Sanches
• Teresa Braula Reis
• a few more...

MOSTRA '15
10-19 April 2015
Venue: Rua Centro Cultural, Lisbon.

Portuguese news on this event

• Observador

Portuguese radar

Gabriel Lima
Hanoi, Hanoi
21 Jan 2015 - 27 Feb 2015
Cortesia Múrias Centeno
Créditos fotográficos: Bruno Lopes

 

Drop in...

These are my recommendations for an educated tour around non-institutional Portuguese art spaces.

Alternative spaces (all in Lisbon)
Links on the right column

• Adamastor Studios
• Arquivo 237
• Feira Morta
• Galeria Bangbang
• Laboratório
• Manteigaria Lisboa
• Pickpocket Gallery
• Zaratan - Cultural Association

Private Art Spaces (Lisbon)
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• Appleton Square
• Caroline Pagés Gallery
• Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art
• Fundação Leal Rios
• Galeria Baginski
• Galeria Belo-Galsterer
• Galeria Filomena Soares
• Galeria Graça Brandão
• Galeria Miguel Justino
• Galeria Múrias Centeno
• Galeria Pedro Alfacinha
• Galeria Pedro Cera
• Galeria Quadrado Azul
• JEO-João Esteves Oliveira
• Plataforma Revólver
• Underdogs Gallery
• Galeria Fernando Santos (Oporto)
• Galeria Presença (Oporto)

Private Art Spaces (Porto)
Links on the right column

• Galeria Graça Brandão
• Galeria Múrias Centeno
• Galeria Quadrado Azul

Learning from Beijing

Learning From Beijing-4 by António Cerveira Pinto