Menez in the Manuel de Brito Collection

Menez na Coleção Manuel de Brito

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Thursday 24 September · until 2 Jan

The Manuel de Brito Art Centre presents an exhibition dedicated to Menez, one of the most unique Portuguese artists of the 20th century, spanning her work from early abstraction to the intimate figuration of her later years.

The Manuel de Brito Art Centre presents Menez in the Manuel de Brito Collection, an exhibition dedicated to one of the most unique Portuguese artists of the 20th century. Self-taught, Menez (1926-1995) began painting at age 26, developing a deeply personal language, free from schools and conventions. She refused to give titles to her works and believed that painting should communicate on its own, without need for explanations. The exhibition covers different moments of her artistic production, from the abstraction of her early years to the turn to figuration, marked by the loss of her two eldest children and the representation of biblical themes and the human condition. In the last years of her life, the artist devoted herself to painting luminous interiors, studios, female figures, books and gardens, revealing a universe of great sensitivity and intimacy. On view at CAMB until January 2 of next year, the exhibition invites visitors to rediscover the work of an essential artist in Portuguese art. ARV. Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am to 1pm/2pm to 7pm. painting.