Portuguese contemporary art
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Portuguese contemporary art can refer to any visual art made in Portugal currently or by living Portuguese artists.
In Portugal, after the democratic change in 1974, a period of confusion and experimentation followed. The eighties signified a change clearly marked by the exhibition of 83 named After Modernism. This introduced in Portugal the post-modern
debates and all new international trends of the return to paintings, the neo-expressionism
or the bad painting
movement.
The art scene was also transformed by the increased social interest in the visual arts and the appearance of many new art galleries and exhibitions, including art galleries that use the internet to spread the exhibitions. Artists started new ways of expression beyond painting and installations
, performances
, photography and video-art opened up the field to create a total system of representation that is now visual art.
In Portugal, after the democratic change in 1974, a period of confusion and experimentation followed. The eighties signified a change clearly marked by the exhibition of 83 named After Modernism. This introduced in Portugal the post-modern
Postmodern art
Postmodern art is a term used to describe an art movement which was thought to be in contradiction to some aspect of modernism, or to have emerged or developed in its aftermath...
debates and all new international trends of the return to paintings, the neo-expressionism
Neo-expressionism
Neo-expressionism is a style of modern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s and dominated the art market until the mid-1980s...
or the bad painting
Bad Painting
"Bad" Painting is the name given to a trend in American figurative painting in the 1970s by critic and curator, Marcia Tucker . She curated an exhibition of the same name, featuring the work of fourteen artists, most unknown in New York at the time, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York....
movement.
The art scene was also transformed by the increased social interest in the visual arts and the appearance of many new art galleries and exhibitions, including art galleries that use the internet to spread the exhibitions. Artists started new ways of expression beyond painting and installations
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
, performances
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
, photography and video-art opened up the field to create a total system of representation that is now visual art.
Museums
- Museu Nacional do Azulejo
- Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea
- Berardo Collection MuseumBerardo Collection MuseumThe Berardo Collection Museum is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Belém, a district of Lisbon, Portugal.-History:...
- Museu Calouste GulbenkianMuseu Calouste GulbenkianMuseu Calouste Gulbenkian is a museum in Lisbon, Portugal, containing a collection of ancient, and some modern art...
- Centro Arte Moderna José Azevedo Perdigão
- Serralves FoundationSerralves FoundationSerralves Foundation is an art foundation whose mission is to raise the general public's awareness concerning contemporary art and the environment. The foundation is located in Porto, Portugal.-Casa de Serralves:...
- Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
- Museu Nacional dos Coches
- Casa das Historia de Paula Rego
- Museu da Electricidade
- Museu Oriente
- Museu do Chiado
- Museu do Design
- Museu da Electricidade
- Museu do Surrealismo