Known by the name of the city where he was born, José de Guimarães (1939) is a figure of Portuguese art, which explored several areas since the plastic arts, passing through geology, engineering to archeology. Travel to Africa, Asia and South America marked his career for stimulation and development of aesthetic language. In the late 1970s, he built an alphabet based on the forms and
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Known by the name of the city where he was born, José de Guimarães (1939) is a figure of Portuguese art, which explored several areas since the plastic arts, passing through geology, engineering to archeology. Travel to Africa, Asia and South America marked his career for stimulation and development of aesthetic language. In the late 1970s, he built an alphabet based on the forms and symbols of African culture, introducing this in his works. In the 1980s he began to explore the limits between painting and sculpture, with pieces produced with uncommonational-glass fiber materials and a role specifically manufactured by the artist himself. With strong and cheerful colors, the works of it is characterized by the crossing of themes between animal and human, mineral and vegetable. For decades the Portuguese artist collected African art,
Pre-Columbian and Chinese ancient art currently on display at CIAJG - International Arts Center José de Guimarães. ver menos
