EMER.GENTE

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07/10/2021

Recreational Association of Moita Redonda, Fátima

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An initiative to bring together all those who want to see and create, with a view to artistic decentralisation.

Art exhibition at the Moita Redonda Recreational Association in conjunction with other events from a variety of artistic backgrounds.

 

 

WALLPAPER​​

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The work ‘Papel de Parede’ (2021) is part of the debate on the valorisation and devaluation of art and the artist's work, particularly in the face of the pandemic situation we are going through. 

The collective vês.três, made up of visual artists Ana Malta, Maria de Brito Matias and Madalena Pequito, presents a work that alludes to the object wallpaper, thus questioning the concept of value, both economically and appreciatively, in Portugal.

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Sitting in a café, they discussed the adversities they faced living in Lisbon. Three artists, coming from a professional field with a low employability rate, in a world of uncertainty where little is paid for the sustainable quality of life that each individual creator deserves. These concerns sparked a desire to express their frustration at seeing the value of opportunities, the value of property, the value of materials... the value of everything.

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We asked ourselves: what value does art have? And why is it worth it? How can we value our hand, our support, our will, our work? What if the value of our work/artistic process alone was enough to buy a house? For a stable future? We'd quickly wallpaper the space... our own - because the value isn't just monetary. It's representative of each person's effort and the artistic will that drives us.

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