Exhibition ‘an itinerant gaze’ at BAG Leiria

Synopsis

an itinerant gaze: works from the PLMJ Foundation Collection

This exhibition can be approached from two main perspectives. Firstly, as an itinerant gaze over the territory that the PLMJ Foundation has explored since its inception. Secondly, as a roaming gaze over the artistic panorama of new generations within the wider universe of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries), a focus that has shaped the contemporary art collection from the outset.

The exhibition invites and challenges viewers to construct their own path through unfamiliar territories and imaginaries present in the diversity of works by artists from different generations. Some of these are being revisited and others are being shown for the first time, particularly in the case of more recent acquisitions.

The variety of media and themes in the exhibition offer different perspectives. They link the world of work with the social condition of women, heritage with the global world, fiction with fantasy and desire, methods of creation with the language of materials, and the depiction of nature with industrial construction, from modernity to the present day.

Art and life come together in an intimate relationship that encourages flânerie*, recalling Baudelaire – an itinerant path formed through wandering and in each of our gazes.

Flânerie refers to the act of wandering without a precise destination, observing the urban space and its movements attentively. The figure of the flâneur, popularised by Charles 

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Address: Largo 5 de Outubro, No. 43 | 2400-120 Leiria

Opening hours: every day | From 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | From 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Free admission.

Authors represented in the exhibition

Ana Vidigal, Beatriz Neto, Brígida Mendes, Catarina Câmara Pereira, Catarina Marques Domingues, Cecília Costa, Diana Policarpo, Filipa César, Francisco Trêpa, Gabriela Noujaim, Isadora Almeida, Joana Gomes, Joana Vasconcelos, João Ferro Martins, José António Quintanilha, Mafalda Santos, Maria Lusitano, Marco Pires, Miguel António Domingues, Miguel Palma, Miguel Telles da Gama, Nú Barreto, Nuno Sousa Vieira, Patrícia Almeida, Patrícia Assis, Pedro Calhau, Pedro Gomes, Rita Gaspar Vieira, Rui Serra, Sara Bichão, Susanne Themlitz, Thandi Pinto, Tiago Baptista.

Curator

João Silvério