Africa-Press – Angola. Open to the public last Friday, in this exhibition, the artist presents 12 large-scale works in acrylic on canvas, expressing sensitive situations in which important characters in Angolan and African daily life, such as Zungueiras and Pequenos Génios, co-inhabit a pictorial space. full-bodied with colors that convey impact, intensity and prominence.
Cristiano Mangovo, an artist quoted internationally by prestigious art houses, has as his purpose the main issues of the African and universal context, such as environmental protection, women’s rights, or topics such as consumerism, human values, social relations or urbanism.
The plastic artist presents the young heroes of everyday life, their skills and their daily lives, from the moment when in their lives they felt obliged to assume the responsibility of self-support or the responsibility of elevating the condition of their family members’ lives, in a society that is far from providing them with adequate support.
“The Protagonists” are not fictional characters! They exist! Two out of three young people in Angola face difficulties in entering society. In a country that has recently emerged from civil war, there are countless difficulties in the education sector; access to the labor market.
The lack of integration perpetuates an uninterrupted system, which continually pushes the younger age groups into the informal market, in a country that offers few opportunities, however, it opens up the courageous and self-aware of their fight against poverty.
“The Protagonist” personifies an everyday hero, who struggles daily to find work and guarantee regular remuneration as a way to face hunger and poverty. It symbolically represents the winner, the character that positively defines the end of a theatrical or cinematographic plot. , in this project, the conscience of young people who are exposed to the daily struggle against the temptation of the casual opportunities of crime. As the common people say: “darkness attracts the thief”. These protagonists are obviously the source of inspiration for this series of paintings that reflect the artist’s gaze.
Cristiano Mangovo was born in 1982 in Cabinda. Graduated in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Kinshasa, DRC He worked with Master António Ana ” Etona ” and Patrício Mawete in plastic arts and participated in several seminars on urban scenography and performance. South, DRCongo, Portugal, France, Italy and the United States of America, with emphasis on a solo exhibition at Fundação Arte e Cultura and BAI Arte (Luanda), in 2013. He exhibited the “Guiadores” Collection at the António Agostinho Neto Memorial in 2014 and participates in the exhibition “Seeds of Memory”, at the Angola Pavilion at Expo Milan (Italy), in 2015.
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