Profundo: Light, Layer, & Form - a solo exhibition by Malcolm Dare Opening on 6th November at 6p.m.

Relocating to Madeira in 2023 sparked a transformative reinvention of Malcolm’s artwork. Moving beyond classic photography, his latest collection explores the physical and visual creation of depth. By combining his mastery of lighting with direct painting on his photographs and constructing three-dimensional objects, Malcolm transforms two-dimensional prints into multi-layered, tactile mixed-media experiences.

Horizons in Nature - a group exhibition

Inspired by the nature that surrounds us in the archipelago of Madeira, RESTOCK has invited a variety of local artists to participate in an exhibition based on this theme and, thus, title for the exhibition. The artists exhibiting in the exhibition are: David Fransisco Helena Jardim Jose Zyberchema Karen Bradtke Lize-Mari de Abreu Luis Filipe Vasconcelos Miguel Ângelo Martins Miguel Leitão Jardim The horizon is the apparent line where Earth’s surface and the sky seem to meet, most obvious over the sea or a flat plain. [Wikipedia] There are true/geographic horizons, visible horizons, and artistic/photographic horizon lines. There are also symbolic horizons where the horizon symbolises calm, reflection, openness, etc. and metaphors for the future, new beginnings, etc. Also one could contemplate representing concepts of emptiness and negative space as in Anish Kapoor’s void sculptural works.

Secrets Kept in Daylight by Lize-Mari De Abreu Opening on 20 March at 6p.m.

"Immersions" by Helena Jardim 24 October - 10 December 2025

New exhibition in Loja 11: BIG is Beautiful: 2 Continents

BIG is Beautiful: 2 Continents is a collection of large scale artworks by Portuguese and South African artists June - August 2024

Arvores - group exhibition ends on the 6th June

a  group exhibition

in Loja 11

 

Artists participating:

Carla Cabral
Caroline Fernandes
Hanamaro Chaki
Helena Jardim
Jelka Barras
Karen Bradtke
Maria Ângela Franco
Miguel Leitão Jardim
Pascal Errante
Samuel Santos

Pascal Errante's "Atmosferas" exhibition in Loja 11

 

"Connected" by Hanamaro Chaki

 

‘Connected’   when a point connects to another point

Connection has always been one of the main themes of my work.

We are somehow all connected, directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, although it's quite rare to really feel the connection with something.

When it happens it creates inspiration.

It could be a person, a place, smell, a word, colour, a picture, etc.

Sometimes these things recall a certain memory. They can go beyond time.

 

from City Hall to RESTOCK Loja 11

RÉGULO KINGLET BIS-BIS - a solo exhibition by Pascal Errante Opening on Saturday, 26 November 11h - 14h

Pascal Errante at City Hall **** If you are interested in buying contact RESTOCK!

From Durban to Madeira

Recent Works by Carla Cabral

 

LAvAmAr [Lava+Sea+Air+To Love] and mEmOriA by Miguel Leitão Jardim

 

LAvAmAr  

Lava+Sea+Air+To Love

O continente desaparecido | The missing continent

Of the finitude of the land and the black rocks; on those gaps I imagine the missing continent and the cities of men, where new horizons are reached through creativity.
From the gaps of the black rock, I see the History behind me and Art in the future.

The series of 10 photographs is about the gaps – represented by the black emptiness of the basaltic rocks – that life in a small island brings to those who aspire knowledge, the kind you only reach through travel and contact with other human societies.

So felt some people born in the island, but to whom the islander condition was never enough. People like António Aragão, born in Saint Vincent, in 1921, who was a man of rich creativity, restless, controversial, nonconformist, even sometimes eccentric, and that left his personal and indelible presence wherever he went. It was hard not to notice him when he was at work, whether in the research of history and ethnography, or when he sculpted, painted or wrote. Painter, sculptor, historian, researcher, writer and poet. As an artist, he participated in numerous activities, projects, interventions, exhibits, in several corners of the World. The island wasn't enough for him, but he returned to it. And filled many gaps.

 

(Inspirado por / Inspired by António Aragão).#  

Miguel Leitão Jardim, Funchal, 2022.

# https://www.aragao.org 

 

 

 

mEmOriA / mEmOrY 

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The latin word “memoria” means “the one that remembers”. As everything else, memory is not perfect. A certain event witnessed by several people will have as many versions as the people that witnessed it. Because we tend to forget the details and to retain from the experience only what each one of us considered to be essential. And each one of us considers different things as more important. Long term memory is stored in a sporadic way: not being possible to store all information, elements like color, sound, smell, image, work as associative elements that occur to the spirit as a result of lived experiences. For these reasons, this project is shown with different formats.

The 10 photograph series was built with familiar locations of my childhood and youth, since 1968, when I was born and 1986, when I went to study in Lisbon, using only those associative elements that endure in the memory – like the red stonework, the Portuguese sidewalk and others – with all the gaps in between.

Miguel Leitão Jardim, Funchal, 2022.

 

"my hidden creatures" by Hanamaro Chaki | Opening on Friday, 12 November at 18h

 

my hidden creatures

 

I’m the witness of lonesome creatures of mine.

My dearest cohabitants are extremely honest and sensitive.

They live in a dark peaceful place.

They are helpless but not hopeless.

They are ugly but charming.

Their twisted arms are looking for a cuddle and their tangled hair is longing for a gentle stroking.

The tears behind the smile, the silent cry. 

They are mute but speak with their eyes.

 

I meet those creatures when I have the urge to draw. They are normally hiding inside of me.

Drawing always was a channel to connect with them. Sometimes I see them as visions, and sometimes they come out as figures from the lines I draw.

They exist hiding within my consciousness and are unleashed by the impact of waves of emotions. They are much more honest, sensitive, and intuitive than I am. I normally try to block the negative emotions or pain to keep my mind in peace. In reality I must be still feeling them. I suppose those ignored feelings emerge as images and make me recognize that they exist. 

I live with them and they live with me.

 

 

 

As minhas criaturas ocultas

 

Sou testemunha das minhas criaturas solitárias.

Os meus queridos coabitantes são extremamente honestos e sensíveis.

Vivem num lugar escuro e pacífico.

Estão desamparados, mas não desesperançados.

São feios, mas encantadores.

Os seus braços retorcidos procuram um abraço e os seus cabelos emaranhados desejam uma suave carícia.

As lágrimas por trás do sorriso, o choro silencioso.

São mudos, mas falam com os olhos.

 

Encontro essas criaturas quando sinto urgência para desenhar. Eles estão, normalmente, escondidos dentro de mim.

Desenhar sempre foi um canal para me conectar com eles. Às vezes vejo-os como visões, e outras eles surgem como figuras das linhas que desenho.

Eles existem escondidos na minha consciência e são libertados pelo impacto das ondas de emoções. Eles são muito mais honestos, sensíveis e intuitivos do que eu. Normalmente tento bloquear as emoções negativas ou a dor, para manter a minha mente em paz. Na verdade, devo continuar a senti-las. Suponho que esses sentimentos ignorados surgem como imagens e me fazem reconhecer que eles existem. 

Eu vivo com eles, e eles vivem comigo.

 

 

A solo exhibition in Loja 11.

 

12 November - 24 December 2021

 

 

"Scenes of Madeira" - a solo exhibition by Oliver Menn

 

Scenes

of

Madeira

 

 

 

A solo exhibition by Oliver Menn

 

14 August – 12 November 2021

 

 

 

Uma exposição individual de Oliver Menn

 

14 de agosto - 12 de novembro 2021

 

 

Eine Einzelausstellung von Oliver Menn

 

14 August – 12 November 2021

 

 

 

TWO | DOIS - a group exhibition

 

This group exhibition is called TWO or DOIS at RESTOCK Gallery.

 

Each artist presents two works separately or some sort of duality within one artwork.

It is a simple concept.

 

The intent of this group exhibition is to expose local artists and feature works from our collection.

 

Entrar Na Água | Go Into The Water - Uma exposição coletiva 3 outobro 2020 - 14 janeiro 2021

 

 

Life in Madeira is tied to the sea. Everything we do affects the ocean and the ocean affects us.  We love living on this island and the last few months have demonstrated a fact we normally discount, which is a feeling of loneliness and disconnectedness. On the one hand, we are happy about that and we feel lucky to feel safe. On the other hand, there is a sense of wariness and staleness in our lives.

 

 

An island in the ocean is a wonderful place to live as long as you are knowingly connected to the Mainland. During the COVID-19 virus lock down we all had a lot of time to think about this disconnection, both to the land and water, but also within ourselves.

 

The theme, loosely based on the word ‘pool’, congers up the idea of a place where water gathers. From baths to swimming pools to rock pools to the ultimate: the ocean itself. All these bodies of water evoke in us a feeling, whether it is a sense of calm, an excitement to jump in, the wonderment of the aquatic world to a sense of fear. This says as much about water as it does about the person entering it. The artist captures these moments in time then it is the viewer who brings their emotions to the image to ‘complete’ the work.

"Ma" by Kazumi Taketomo 19 September 2020 - 14 January 2021 Loja 04

‘Ma’ in Japanese means ‘a space in between’.  It is quite a Japanese concept of the relationship, communication and space. and another one is ‘that moment’ or ‘the moment’ as Taketomo captures the moment from the daily life but somehow what that moment meant to her specially....

 

 

While I'm taking a walk or spending my time at tea houses in my home town Kyoto, I take shots of my favourite moments with a camera of my heart.

 

I etch those intriguing moments of daily life in my mind. Those scenes, people, daily occurrences which we take them for granted are indeed the result of many coincidences and be projected in front of my eyes. I find some kind of connection with my life style, my favourite things, my memories, and my inner world within those precious moments. They also become (form) new world as my art work.

 

This is my second exhibition at RESTOCK Gallery.  I am hoping to create another chance to connect to viewers through my work beyond physical and cultural distance.

 

 

"The Chair, where someone used to be"

“The Chair, where someone used to be”

 

a group exhibition by

Karen Bradtke, André Moniz Vieira, Vulindlela Nyoni and Siphiwe Cele

Constructing a chair is a very complicated process and involves solving ergonomic, technical and structural issues.

 

A chair allows a body to rest and depending on the configuration of the chairs, encourages conversation between occupants or to discourage conversation only to be spoken to.

 

A chair is also a metaphor about human abilities and limitations. Chairs represent people. They represent the presence and the absence of being. They represent relationships.

Up until March 2020 there were things and people that were part of our daily landscape. Suddenly they disappeared. Viewing the streets with closed shops, empty parks, having weekends without gathering with family, birthday parties without friends, we missed the people we used to have, the place where we used to be. Even though technology helps to connect people and to communicate with close ones, we also live with people who do not appear on computer screens. With this pandemic we all experienced our existence, presence and absence.

"A Cadeira" onde alguém costumava estar...   

A construção de uma cadeira é um processo muito complicado e envolve a resolução de questões ergonómicas, técnicas e estruturais.  

Uma cadeira permite que um corpo descanse e dependendo da configuração das cadeiras, encoraja a conversa entre ocupantes ou desencoraja a conversa apenas para ser falada.   

Uma cadeira é também uma metáfora sobre as habilidades e limitações humanas. A cadeira serve para ser sentada, oferecendo-lhe o descanso, para comer, ler, falar, ou esperar. Quando alguém se senta na cadeira, torna-se um objeto simples. Quando a cadeira não está ocupada... começam a "falar" umas com as outras. 

 

Representam pessoas. Representam a presença e a ausência de um ser. Representam relacionamentos. Até março de 2020 haviam coisas e pessoas que faziam parte da paisagem diária. De repente desapareceram. Vendo as ruas com lojas fechadas, parques vazios, fins de semana sem reunir com a família, festas de aniversário sem amigos, sentimos falta das pessoas que tínhamos, o lugar onde costumávamos estar. Embora a tecnologia nos ajude a conectar e a comunicar com as pessoas mais próximas, também vivemos com pessoas que não aparecem nos ecrãs dos computadores. Com esta pandemia todos nós experimentamos a nossa existência, presença e ausência.