Manuela Pimentel, Receção, 2024
E25
12 pm - 8 pm
https://www.artparis.com/en
For Art Paris 2025, THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE presents "Resilient Narratives: Memory, Identity, and the Hybridity of Forms", a project that brings together three Portuguese artists—Ana Malta, Manuela Pimentel, and António Faria—in a profound exploration of the intersections between identity, cultural heritage, and artistic experimentation. Grounded in both personal and collective narratives, their practices reflect the transformative power of memory and tradition in shaping contemporary art.
Ana Malta (being presented at Art Paris for the first time) investigates the intimate relationship between the body, memory, and domestic spaces. Her richly textured compositions blend vibrant colors and three-dimensional forms, transforming the body into a living archive of stories and emotions. By navigating the thresholds of the personal and the universal, Malta’s work elevates everyday experiences into symbols of identity and belonging.
Manuela Pimentel reimagines traditional Portuguese tiles as vessels of memory, history, and cultural sustainability. Her sculptural paintings revive forgotten narratives, merging the scholarly legacy of Baroque aesthetics with the visual codes of street art. Pimentel’s use of reclaimed materials underscores impermanence and ecological awareness, forging a poignant dialogue between heritage and the contemporary.
António Faria (being presented at Art Paris for the first time) offers a melancholic yet striking vision of nature’s fragility through monochromatic drawings and polyptych compositions. His works evoke a world in decay, dramatizing the interplay between memory, mortality, and human absence. By frequently integrating traditional drawing with video, sound, and light, Faria crafts immersive environments that transcend the limits of medium, inviting deep introspection.
Together, these artists respond to Art Paris 2025’s theme, “Out of Bounds,” by breaking through geographic, cultural, and conceptual barriers. Their works celebrate hybridity as a strategy for artistic and cultural survival, where the convergence of diverse practices and traditions becomes a source of strength and innovation. In a world shaped by shifting identities and ecological uncertainty, "Resilient Narratives" highlights the critical role of art in connecting past and present, individual and collective, and tradition and transformation. Each work in the project embodies a dialogue between memory and reinvention, offering audiences a thought-provoking reflection on how art transcends boundaries to address universal questions of belonging, resilience, and renewal.
