Paintings by Oliver Menn in Loja 5

 

"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

 

 

 

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.

"Adelina e eu" by Maria Ângela Franco 14 June - extended until 31 August 2019

"Adelina e eu"

Maria Ângela Franco

14 June – extended until 31 August

 

Watercolour on paper   

About my work:

The set of works on display is based on the practice of registration on paper.
I focus on the technique of watercolor, but I explore transparencies, materialities and expressions with other techniques: drawing, collage and embroidery. I integrate several elements according to their visual strength (line, texture, matter) and transform the support in space to tell stories that are built with lines and dots, rhythms and movements. Paper becomes the place of gesture and heart. And so the affections take shape and a universe of emotions is born in the interaction of several elements: water-color-paper-air-lines-fabrics.

"Adelina and I" is the name of the exhibition. Adeline, it's my mother. I'm me.
In other words, the world you gave me, Mother!