Talk about the work of Fernando Lemos
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A talk about the work of Fernando Lemos, emphasising his experience in Japan and the influence of that country's culture on his work.
The Gulbenkian Foundation is evoking aspects of Fernando Lemos’ work in talk with Alexandra Curvelo (art historian), Vasco Rosa (literary editor) and Leonor Nazaré (CAM curator), moderated by Ana Barata (Art Library librarian), who is responsible for the documentary exhibition that presents a selection of documentation from Fernando Lemos’ archive, with an emphasis on his experience in Japan.
The exhibition can be visited in the atrium of the Art Library until March 17, 2025.
Image: Fernando Lemos. Kyoto, 1962. Art Library. EFL 1.83
Speakers
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Alexandra Curvelo
Alexandra Curvelo is a Full Professor in the Department of History of Art at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of Nova University of Lisboa, and Director of the Institute of History of Art (IHA / NOVA FCSH). She worked in the field of Museums and Conservation between 1996 and 2014, focusing on inventory, research, editorial coordination and exhibitions curatorship. Moreover, she coordinates the MA in History of Art and Museology at NOVA FCSH. Her area of research is the material and visual culture associated with the Iberian presence in Asia, with a focus on Japan, and the study of cultural transfers between Europe, Asia and America during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Leonor Nazaré
Leonor Nazare (Caldas da Rainha, 1963) has a PhD in Contemporary Art from the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra, in 2017, and has been an advisor and curator at CAM since 1999. Nazare has been an art critic since 1989: she was a permanent contributor to the newspaper Expresso between 89 and 97 and an occasional contributor to some national and foreign art magazines. She was a member of the governing body of the Portuguese section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) from 2004 to 2012. Since 2016, she has coordinated the digital catalogue of História das Exposições de Arte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
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Vasco Rosa
Vasco Rosa (1958) editor, journalist and literary researcher, he was the editorial secretary of the magazines Raiz & Utopia and Análise. He directed two book series for the newspaper O Independente, of which he was deputy editor for the cultural section. He edited an anthology by Ruy Cinatti on Timor and prefaced a new edition of As ilhas desconhecidas by Raul Brandão, an author whose five books he has published. A collaborator with the Observador newspaper since 2014, he has written widely in magazines, newspapers and collective books on art and design topics.
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