RÉPLICA – Reflections on
Contemporary Printmaking
The central structure of the
event is an artistic residency – Printmaking Experimental Laboratory – designed
to promote the development of work of experimental nature. Three
tutors have been invited to give a master class and individual
tutorials.
Guest Tutors:
Paul Coldwell (UK) Artist
and Professor at Chelsea College of Arts, author of the book Printmaking: A
Contemporary Perspective;
Nuno Faria (PT) Curator,
founder of the Mobilehome - Nomadic, Experimental, Independente Art School;
responsible for the programming of Centro Internacional das Artes José de
Guimarães;
Oona Grimes (UK) Artist and
Visiting lecturer at Ruskin School of Fine Art and Royal College of Arts.
The program also includes a
two-part debate session – dedicated to Contemporary Printmaking and the work of
Bartolomeu dos Santos. These sessions will take place at the University of
Algarve, along with the projection of the documentary, Bartolomeu dos Santos,
por Terras Devastadas, by Jorge Silva Melo.
There will be a final
exhibition of the work produced in residence, at Casa das Artes de Tavira, and
a publication will be produced to document the critical and creative processes
that take place during the event.
Program:
Artist Residency: Printmaking
Experimental Laboratory (OBS)
7-26 July 2013
Debate (UAlg, Faro)
Printmaking as Contemporary
Language
8 July – 10:00
Guests:
Paul Coldwell, Artist and Professor at
Chelsea College of Arts, author of the book Printmaking: A Contemporary
Perspective;
David Santos, Art historian and
critic; Director of the Neorealism Museum, in Vila Franca de Xira; curator,
with Delfim Sardo, of the exhibition A Doce e Ácida Incisão - A Gravura
em Contexto
Pedro Cabral Santo, Artist and professor of the
Visual Arts course at Universidade do Algarve.
Debate (UAlg, Faro)
Bartolomeu dos Santos, the
artist and his work
8 July – 14:00
Projection of the documentary Por
Terras Devastadas, by Jorge Silva Melo, followed by conversation with
guests:
Jorge Silva Melo, Filmmaker
and critic; founder of Artistas Unidos theater; director of the
documentaries A Gravura: Esta Mútua Aprendizagem and Bartolomeu
Cid dos Santos: por Terras Devastadas;
Manuel Botelho, Artist and professor at the
Faculty of Fine Arts of Universidade de Lisboa;
Graciela Machado, Artist and professor of
printmaking tecniques at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Universidade do Porto.
Master classes (OBS, Tavira)
10 July - Paul Coldwell
15 July - Nuno Faria
22 July - Oona Grimes
Exhibition (CAT,
Tavira)
26 de Julho – 10 Agosto 2013
