Cristina Ataíde – “Respiração boca a boca”
Cristina Ataíde
28/May/2022
a 18/Sep/2022
The exhibition by Cristina Ataíde, held at MIEC from May 28th, 2022, revisits some of her first series of sculptures made of iron and stone, confronting them with new pieces developed by her in the context of a careful and attentive observation of NATURE.
Along the surprising 70 m long corridor, a sculpture made specifically for this location, proposes to us a walk through these small details of a nature that we are often unaware of and that always surprises us.
In all the other rooms of the Museum, drawings and sculptures are interconnected, without a visible chronology, but creating strong relationships with each other, and allowing connections between the material and the spiritual, and where the impulse of the traveler is felt, always present, in the artist’s work.
At the end of the exhibition, the visitor is summoned to actively participate in a site-specific piece that occupies the granite wall that flanks the exterior space.
About
About Cristina Ataíde
Cristina Ataíde was born in Viseu in 1951. She lives in Carnaxide, in the municipality of Oeiras, and works in Lisbon.
She holds a degree in Sculpture from ESBAL, Lisbon.
She also attended the Equipment Design course at ESBAL, Lisbon.
From 1987 to 1996, she was the Director of Sculpture and Design Production at Madein, Alenquer, where she worked with Anish Kapoor, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Keith Sonnier, Matt Mullican, among others.
She was a guest lecturer at Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon from 1997 to 2012.
Exhibitions
She has exhibited regularly since 1984, with large installations and site-specific works playing an important role in her exhibitions. Her work, often created while traveling, moves between sculpture and drawing, also encompassing photography and video. A constant theme in her work and research is a concern with nature and its preservation.
She is represented by the following galleries: Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon; Andrea Rehder Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo | BR; Galeria Ybakatu, Curitiba | BR; Galeria Quatto, Leiria; Galeria Magda Bellotti, Madrid | ES.
Educational and recreational activities
Guided tours of the sculpture park / Thematic guided visits: Art, Archaeology, and Architecture
Media
Viver Aqui – 25 de maio
Umbigo Magazine – Respiração Boca a Boca: Cristina Ataíde no Museu Internacional de Escultura Contemporânea de Santo Tirso
Arte Capital – Cristina Ataíde: Respiração boca a boca
