OPENING: 9 NOV, 7PM

In the gallery of the Portuguese Screen Printing Center (CPS) at the Centro Cultural de Belém, the exhibition opens on November 9th, Wednesday at 7pm. strong> «Whiiims - Caprichos by Rico Sequeira», a contemporary approach to the famous engravings from Goya'sLos Caprichos series.

The engravings by the Spanish master correspond to a discovery made by the artist in his youth Rico Sequeira, who in 1977 settled in Madrid with the purpose of designing them, to now revisit them applying the chromatic virtues of screen printing and all his imagination. creative river. The result of this project is; a set of 16 silkscreens that make up the exhibition.

The title of the exhibition, an onomatopoeia that refers to the translation of “caprichos” in English (whims), accentuates the influence and taste for comics that led Rico Sequeira to create There is an important collection of boards that can be seen up until the end of the year. November 6th at 27th. Amadora International Comic Festival.

About the exhibition, writes art critic Maria João Fernandes[1]:

“The series of serigraphs by Rico Sequeira inspired by the engravings of Goya (1746-1828), gave rise to one of the highest moments in the Portuguese artist’s expression, which in a way very original, he integrated references into his work that are already part of the of a universal heritage and imagination.

Rico Sequeira drank from this fertile spring the magic of an expression fed by his own passions and fantasies in almost literal quotes enriched by his iconography and references personal images of your imagination.

(…) His dialogue with Goya returns him to contemporary imagination, more than in new guises, but as the result of a very original and masterful dialogue, with the freshness of a totally renewed look where its message is not only updated, but is transfigured and refreshed in the waters of a creative imagination committed to the great commitment of lyricism, a great vector not only of the art of Rico Sequeira, but of Portuguese art and culture.”

The exhibition «Whiiims» pays homage to one of the most relevant series in the history of engraving, affirming the potential of screen printing in the context of the universe of graphic works. remains that the CPS has been promoting over the last 30 years.

Portuguese Screen Printing Center at CCB

Centro Cultural de Belém, store 7
Praça do Império 1449-003 Lisboa
Tel. 213 162 175   /  Times: every day from 10am to 9pm.