Vibrant colours and textures define the work of artist Gonçalo Malato—a permanent essay on emotion and energy. A selection from his body of work, which comprises over 300 paintings, will be displayed at the Lisbon City Foundation in a posthumous exhibition opening on 15 December.
The exhibition, “Manipanzo o outro eu” (Manipanzo the other self), is held to mark the first anniversary of the artist’s passing and aims to introduce his work to the wider public.
Curated by Carmen Bioque Zurita, art historian and friend of the artist, the exhibition also features the participation of Eric Corne, a renowned artist and curator who founded the le Plateau Contemporary Art Centre in Paris. Corne has curated numerous exhibitions at prestigious institutions, including the Berardo Collection Museum in Lisbon, MASP in São Paulo, and IVAM Valencia (featuring Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and Joaquin Torres Garcia). The project also involves Rita Lougares, Director and Curator of the Berardo Collection Museum, and exhibition designer Maria João Mântua.
According to curator Carmen Bioque Zurita, what stands out in Gonçalo’s work is “his intelligence in the use of colour. In all of Gonçalo Malato’s works, there is a balance of colours and volumes that guides the viewer’s gaze from the detail to the general and back again, in a circular fashion. One can sense different, somewhat polarised moments: from agitation to calm, from rapture to chaos, and then to order.”
