Abstract
Throughout the history of the European colonial empires, art, especially painting, helped people visualize a faraway geographical idea based on the European scholastic tradition of which Portugal had always been part. However, with the Portuguese empire’s demise in 1974, some artists decided to rethink and reconsider the Portuguese colonial legacy using approaches and interpretations that offer a new, profoundly innovative gaze.
This chapter proposes to focus on contemporary Portuguese artistic creation in the last few decades and on half a dozen artists who have revealed a path and (pictorial) discourse with global coverage.
This chapter proposes to focus on contemporary Portuguese artistic creation in the last few decades and on half a dozen artists who have revealed a path and (pictorial) discourse with global coverage.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Tradition and Innovation |
Editors | Maria do Rosário Monteiro, Mário S. Ming Kong, Maria João Pereira Neto |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 357-363 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429297786 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780367277666 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Colonial
- Empire
- Post-colonial
- Contemporary world