Júlio Resende

Goa l'odeur color

May 21, 2009 - June 30, 2009
CPS no CCB

The Portuguese Screen Printing Center presents from next Thursday, May 21st, in its space at the Centro Cultural de Belém, an exhibition of Lithographs by the renowned artist Júlio Resende, titled Goa L’Odeur Couleur, which will be patent to the public until the end of the year. June 30th. The work of Master Júlio Resende (who was born in Porto in 1917), has already been he served half a century. Marked by an expressionist stamp, which the painter himself recognizes as fundamental, it corresponds, over several decades, to an experimentation with plastic styles of modernity, remaining faithful, as a whole , &agrav; great tradition of the figurative and developing a poetics that equates the human figure, with the spaces to which it connects, and where nature has a privileged role. The end of the seventies is This is marked by the splendid Ribeiras Negras series, a certain form of homage to the city of São Paulo. city of Porto, which he considers the ideal context for his work, in connection with the expressionist, dramatic aspect of his creation. This cycle continued with extraordinary plastic vigor during the eighties, alternating with lyricism and luminosity, which continued into the nineties. The set of Lithographs presented by the Portuguese Screen Printing Center, inspired by Goa, is a great collection of lithographs. yet another great lesson in plastic mastery, revealing a perfect command of luminous and clear color, the splendor of shapes and the balance of composition, in a lyricism that is unique. It is an achievement of the maturity of an artist, undoubtedly an exponent of contemporary Portuguese art. At the same time there will be The special edition of the poetry book by Maria João Fernandes: Dias de Seda, in a bilingual version, (Portuguese/French) with original illustrations by the painter Júlio Resende and presentation texts by Eugénio Lisboa and Robert Bréchon, a 2003 edition by Editora Caixotim do Porto, accompanied by a screen print made in the CPS studio.