Manuela Pimentel Portugal, b. 1979
Manuela Pimentel's work is characterized by a harmonious blend of influences from erudite historical culture and elements of vernacular culture, producing a multifaceted and deeply textured body of work that reflects the complexity and richness of Portuguese cultural identity.
Her work combines elements of local tile-making with the aesthetics of urban art, inspired by national tradition and culture and the post-war production of artists such as Mimmo Rotella, Raymond Hains, and Jacques Villeglé.
Manuela Pimentel incorporates into her mural installations fragments of street posters, eroded by time, which she herself collects and reuses to convert into the primary surface of her pictorial interventions. Through the use of acrylic paint, she masterfully recreates the traditional figures of tile-making from the golden age of the Portuguese Baroque, drawing on their aesthetic language, conventional colors, iconography, and style.
By merging these elements with the resins, rough mortars, and neon lights that characterize her artistic production, Manuela Pimentel redefines the role of the tile, promoting its transition from a merely decorative local expression to a global artistic affirmation that transcends the boundaries of collective memory and cultural context.
Through this combination, the artist explores the concepts of impermanence, duality, and ambiguity. She skillfully integrates the visual canons of the Baroque period with the raw aesthetics of "Street art," resulting in an impressive interplay of textures and contrasts that simultaneously evoke sensations of permanence and ephemerality.
Manuela Pimentel's compositions also unite the sacred and the profane. They are infused with a poetic dramaticism and rationalism that invite viewers to contemplate the transient nature of existence and the enduring impact of cultural legacies.
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MEMORIES ‧ LEGACIES ‧ MUTATIONS
Group Show 25 October 2024 - 9 February 2025Jointly organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC, from the Portuguese acronym) and Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A., the exhibition “Memories‧Legacies‧Mutations–Annual Arts Exhibition between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries” is on display...Read more -
PARAGONE: What’s with mediums today?
INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOW 26 May - 20 August 2023The PARAGONE exhibition offers a guided tour program that promotes the rediscovery in three stages of a historical heritage—unknown to many—linked to the city of Lisbon’s water supply: Cape Verde...Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
Group Show 1 October 2022 - 15 January 2023“(IM)MATERIALITY” promotes a reflection on the concepts of materiality and immateriality, highlighting works by artists from a wide variety of cultural and geographical origins, whose practices cross spatial and technical...Read more -
À Flor da Pele
Solo Show: Manuela Pimentel 24 September - 12 November 2022The show includes about 25 unpublished works translated into compositions of installed sculptural-like paintings, through which Manuela Pimentel reconfigures the place of the Portuguese tile as a sacralized object of...Read more
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ARCO LISBOA 2023
Group Show: Manuela Pimentel, Cássio Markowski, Pedro Pires, René Tavares 25 - 28 May 2023ARCOlisboa 2023 will once again turn the Portuguese capital into a meeting point for collectors, gallery owners, artists, and professionals from all over the world....Read more -
Art Paris 2023
Manuela Pimentel and Vanessa Barragão 30 March - 2 April 2023Art Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an edition that will bring together about 134 galleries from 25 countries at the Grand Palais Éphémère...Read more
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(IM)MATERIALITY Águeda's Art Centre
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(IM)MATERIALITY - Daniel Madeira em ARTE & CULTURA para a Umbigo Magazine
Umbigo, 13 February 2023 -
Angolan artists participate in international exhibition
Roque Silva, Jornal de Angola, 24 May 2023 -
ARCOlisboa exceeds 13,000 visitors
Público, 29 May 2023 -
ARCOLisboa galleries to watch and other news
ARTAFRICA, 24 May 2023 -
ART PARIS, 25TH Anniversary
artprice.com, 17 March 2023 -
DIAPASÃO | PORTUGUESE DUET IN LUANDA
Redacção, LUANDA SECRETA, 11 October 2021 -
International Contemporary Art Exhibition will be in Lisbon starting May 26
Lusa e SIC Notícias, 16 May 2023 -
Interview: Manuela Pimentel at Femina, Antena 3
Vanessa Augusto, Femina at Radio Sration Antena 3, 17 March 2020 -
Manuela Pimentel
Inês Graça, ATTITUDE, 16 September 2022 -
Manuela Pimentel: Murmures de Murs
João Alexandrino AKA JAS , Documentary, 13 April 2014 -
Manuela Pimentel: Se eu pudesse trincar a terra toda - Documentary by JAS
João Alexandrino AKA JAS, Documentary, 17 August 2015 -
THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE is present in the 25th edition of the contemporary art fair Art Paris
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WHAT TO SEE IN ART PARIS
Le Point, 30 March 2023
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PARAGONE: What's with mediums today?
Group Show 29 June 2023 -
Manuela Pimentel
À Margem de Certa Maneira 1 June 2022On @rtppt Bom dia Portugal with Daniel CatalãoRead more -
Art can help to overcome the post-colonial Portugal-Africa stigmas
Interview with Graça Rodrigues and João Paulo Sacadura 6 June 2022Interview with Graça Rodrigues, conducted by journalist João Paulo Sacadura for the Portuguese radio station 'Observador' - podcast 'Convidado Extra.' Graça Rodrigues is co-artistic director...Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
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(IM)MATERIALITY
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À FLOR DA PELE
Solo Show by Manuela Pimentel 3 November 2022
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À FLOR DA PELE | Solo Show by Manuela Pimentel
Exhibition Catalogue 2022A4, 44 pagesRead more
Publisher: THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Gallery
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PORQUÊ NÃO SEI I
Silkscreened plate, ceramic. Manuela Pimentel, 2021CircleRead more
Publisher: Cooperativa Árvore
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PORQUÊ NÃO SEI II
Silkscreened plate, ceramic. Manuela Pimentel, 2021CircleRead more
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PORQUÊ NÃO SEI III
SILKSCREENED PLATE, CERAMIC. Manuela Pimentel, 2020CircleRead more
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PORQUÊ NÃO SEI IV
SILKSCREENED PLATE, CERAMIC. Manuela Pimentel, 2020CircleRead more
Publisher: Cooperativa Árvore
Dimensions: 36x36cm
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ARCO LISBOA 2023
Group Show: Manuela Pimentel, Cássio Markowski, Pedro Pires, René Tavares 25 - 28 May 2023ARCOlisboa 2023 will once again turn the Portuguese capital into a meeting point for collectors, gallery owners, artists, and professionals from all over the world....Read more -
Art Paris 2023
Manuela Pimentel and Vanessa Barragão 30 March - 2 April 2023Art Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an edition that will bring together about 134 galleries from 25 countries at the Grand Palais Éphémère...Read more -
LISBON ART WEEKEND
10 - 13 November 2022Lisbon Art Weekend is back! The annual weekend for art lovers presents the Lisbon Contemporary Art scene and parallel events centered on the contemporary visual...Read more