Ernesto de Sousa 1921-2021: Uma criação consciente de situações / Uma situação consciente de criações

Afonso Dias Ramos; Mariana Pinto dos Santos

doi:10.34619/mwt5-z2la

Ernesto de Sousa 1921-2021: A conscious creation of situations / A conscious situation of creations

Authors

Afonso Dias Ramos

IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5282-7067

Mariana Pinto dos Santos

IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7289-1875

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34619/mwt5-z2la

Keywords:

Ernesto de Sousa, Experimental Art, Avant-garde, Contemporary Art, Cinema, Graphic Arts, Primitivism, Curatorship, Aesthetic Operator

Synopsis

The centenary of Ernesto de Sousa’s birth was marked on 18 April 2021. From the 1940s until his death on 6 October 1988, he played a fundamental role in the arts in Portugal and impacted generations of artists working after the 25^th April Revolution of 1974. To commemorate this centenary, the Art Library of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Art History Institute of NOVA FCSH organized the Centenary Colloquium of Ernesto de Sousa on 2 June 2021. The book Ernesto de Sousa 1921-2021: A conscious creation of situations / A conscious situation of creations follows on from that encounter, featuring six new peer-reviewed studies about Ernesto de Sousa, statements and revisitations from several authors, the transcript of a round-table with artists and curators on his role in the Portuguese visual arts, contributions from artists conceived specifically for this book, as well as a previously unreleased text by Ernesto de Sousa. Written in three languages, Portuguese, Spanish and English, this book brings together artists, critics, curators and researchers, in a polyphonic discussion about Ernesto de Sousa. This book is available on open access and, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, a limited edition of 150 copies will also be printed.