Africa-Press – Angola. Visual artist Lino Damião participates until Sunday in an artistic residency at the Museu da Guarda, in Portugal, which will culminate in the opening, on the same day, of an art exhibition, which will be on display until the end of this month.
The Angolan artist, who told yesterday that he was proud to have been chosen to participate in the artistic residency, is producing a painting in honor of the centenary of Portuguese philosopher Eduardo Lourenço .
“I am very happy to participate in this artistic residency, within the scope of the international symposium on contemporary art and the centenary of the philosopher Eduardo Lourenço. I am exchanging experiences with artists of other nationalities”, he said.
In addition to the Angolan artist, participating in the event are Jose Antonio Del Castillo Martin (Spain), Luís Herberto (Portugal), Jos van den Hoogen (Netherlands), Ricardo Gigante (Portugal), Daniel Gamelas (Portugal), Sónia Cabello García (Spain), Agostinho da Silva (Portugal), Ana Marques Loureiro (Portugal), Sérgio Lemos (Portugal), Catarina Flor (Portugal) and Desy CXXI (Portugal).
The municipality of Guarda, in Portugal, organizes, from the 9th to the 19th of this month, the seventh edition of the International Symposium of Contemporary Art – Cidade da Guarda (SIAC), which brings together several Portuguese and international artists. The initiative is based on exhibitions, live art production and artistic training, as well as shows and concerts. The topic “The Laboratory of Saudade” serves as a guiding theme for the planned cultural event that encompasses several artistic languages: painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture, installation and performance.
This time, the aim is to bring SIAC closer to the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of Eduardo Lourenço (1923-2020), author of the essay “0 Labirinto da Saudade”, an unavoidable milestone in his vast work and whose title inspires the proposed theme, to celebrate a unique figure of 20th century European culture, evoke the life and work of the painter from Guarda Evelina Coelho (1945-2013) and challenge national and international visual artists, some of them with roots in our region.
Profile of the Angolan artist
Lino Damião was born in Luanda in February 1977 and works mainly in painting, photography and engraving. Very early on he began drawing and painting, having attended the drawing course at Ex-Barracão, the painting course and the first engraving workshop at UNAP – União dos Artistas Plásticos Angolanos. He attended the studio of master Victor Teixeira (Viteix). He is a founding member of the Pró-Memória dos Nacionalistas cooperative and a member of UNAP.
He participated in several exhibitions, of which the following stand out: the first CPLP biennial of young creators; in Porto, Portugal; in 2000, in the Galarte project at Elinga Teatro, between 2000 and 2006; and Luanda Triennial.
He held several solo exhibitions, notably “Colors, Comics and Contrasts” at Lebistrot Luanda (1999), “Manchas e contours” at Galeria Cenarious (2000); “Liberdade”, at the National Cinema Laboratory Luanda (2002), received the UNAP painting prize in 1998, and in 2003 the “Kukina-Ligações” exhibition at the SOSO Arte Contemporânea Gallery in Luanda.
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