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History, Innovation and Irreverence: Serralves's Bold Curation
Photography by Claudine Boeglin
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Serralves Foundation… Three international masters compete in different fields. In architecture, Aires Mateus stages the compositions of the renowned Portuguese architects who design spaces around light and local material constraints in tribute to the country's history. Their work of poetic minimalism and environmental pragmatism evokes musical landscapes in seemingly fluid integrations. They distill the essence of Portuguese innovation. Natural resources and their limitations often fuel conceptual dynamics in architecture and green technology.
The exhibition "Whisper" presents iconic masterpieces by Maurizio Cattelan (Italy, 1960). "Between humor and social criticism, his works address themes such as history, life, and death." Bold irreverence is in the museum's DNA. On June 6, 1999, the exhibition "Circa 1968" launched the museum by "reviewing a decade of radical artistic creation coinciding with a period of remarkable social and political transformation in Portugal and the world; this groundbreaking exhibition was a true manifesto of the Museum's international ambitions and the chronological benchmark of its future collection and artistic program." Il Dito [The Finger] represents "a hand in classical Roman style, with all fingers cut off except the middle one—a provocative gesture." The piece adds to the playfulness of a studio set with its facade revealing the illusion of spectacle.
Photography Claudine Boeglin @dandyvagabond
Photography and text Claudine Boeglin
