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An exhibition in writing: Agustina Bessa-Luís and the Serralves Collection accompanies the exhibition of the same name, marking the centenary of one of the most important voices in contemporary Portuguese fiction
An exhibition in writing: Agustina Bessa-Luís and the Serralves Collection accompanies the exhibition of the same name, marking the centenary of one of the most important voices in contemporary Portuguese fiction
he point of departure for the show were the books Aforismos [Aphorisms] (1988), Contemplação Carinhosa da Angústia [A Tender Contemplation of Angst] (2000), Dicionário Imperfeito [Imperfect Dictionary] (a collection of excerpts in alphabetical order published in 2008) and Ensaios e Artigos [Essays and Articles] (1951–2007) (2017), which cover a wide range of subjects, themes and personalities. While reading these volumes – veritable revelations of Agustina’s world both in terms of form and content – some key authorial notions were identified. Those themes are the entries in this ‘dictionary-exhibition’, each of them generating a dialogue with works in the Serralves Collection by Portuguese and international artists, some of whom were her contemporaries.
It includes a preface by Philippe Vergne, director of the Serralves Museum, and a text by the curators, António Preto and Ricardo Nicolau.
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An exhibition in writing: Agustina Bessa-Luís and the Serralves Collection accompanies the exhibition of the same name, marking the centenary of one of the most important voices in contemporary Portuguese fiction
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