The Municipality of Bragança, through the Contemporary Art Center Graça Morais, opens today, February 16, at 6 pm, two exhibitions: “Tribute to António Mega Ferreira - Linhas da Terra/Os Olhos Azuis do Mar” and “Graça Morais. The Rituals of Silence”.
The first exhibition is a tribute by the painter to António Mega Ferreira, where she recalls a friendship spanning almost 40 years. The second, the result of an immersion in the painter's ateliers, where many of the drawings, paintings and photographs came from, many of them unpublished and others long kept. Both will be open until the 18th of June.
TRIBUTE TO ANTÓNIO MEGA FERREIRA - LINES OF THE EARTH/OS BLUE EYES OF THE SEA [patent from February 16 to June 18, 2020]
Graça Morais dedicates this exhibition to António Mega Ferreira.
“I treasure the book Linhas da Terra, which António Mega Ferreira wrote in 1985 at the invitation of Vasco Graça Moura, the first book dedicated to my painting – the beginning of a great recognition of my work. I also fondly remember the meetings in Sines in 2005, which gave rise to the wonderful book Os Olhos Azuis do Mar. I preserve in my memory, with affection and gratitude, the privilege of knowing a unique man who intellectually and artistically enriched this country. I imagine him talking with Dante, Camus, Proust, with all the great writers, thinkers, philosophers and artists, in long conversations full of humor and curiosity about the world. Remembering the wise words written and spoken, and praising a beautiful friendship of almost 40 years.”
GRAÇA MORAIS: THE RITUALS OF SILENCE [patent from February 16 to June 18, 2020]
Focused on the theme of ancestral rites that unite Man and nature, this exhibition brings together works that revisit basic themes in his work, linked to the claim of his origins: the village, the harsh mountain landscape full of contrasts, the rural world marked by natural cycles and by the cadence of practices and rituals resulting from the close coexistence between Man and Nature. It results from an immersion in the painter's ateliers Graça Morais, real treasure chests where many of the drawings, paintings and photographs are preserved, many of them unpublished, others for a long time kept. The exhibition is curated by Joana Baião.