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Alberto Simões De Almeida

Lisboa, Portugal
Artist (Sculpture, Photography)
Born 1952

Formation:

In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA)

Modern art & Ideas, at MoMA

Postgraduate degree in Multimedia Educational Communication, at Universidade Aberta, in Lisbon; this postgraduate course included training in "Semiotics of visual representations"

Painting course, at the National Society of Fine Arts, in Lisbon

Course “Themes of Aesthetics and Theories of Contemporary Art”, at the National Society of Fine Arts

Professionalization as a secondary school mathematics teacher, at Colégio S. João de Brito, in Lisbon

Degree in Electrotechnical Engineering, at Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon.


Biography:

My first contact with art was in the discipline of History, at the age of 14/15, when studying the Assyrian, Greek and Roman civilizations. The sight of the sculptures of these civilizations and mainly of a photograph of “The victory of Samotrácia” marked me deeply.

But I always felt like an observer, being active in organizing plastic arts exhibitions, namely my partner, Ana Cassiano.

In 1999, I decided to attend a theoretical course “Themes of Aesthetics and Theories of Contemporary Art”, whose professor Dr. David Lopes awoke in me the need to create, to do. For the next three years, I took the Painting Course, but, not satisfied with painting, I started seeing sculptors and doing things! ...

I'm a late artist. I always had to combine professional activity with artistic activity, but I kept walking, and I'm still walking!


Profile:

I think that art should be considered by itself, painting should be "painting", sculpture should be "sculpting", in line with the objectives of the New York School's abstract expressionism. To decide in advance what I am going to do, I think it would be to restrict my freedom to create in the beginning, to limit the infinite capacity to be surprised.

Many of my projects have a common denominator that I fully assume because these movements synthesized my thinking: I am talking about suprematism, constructivism, minimalism, abstract expressionism.

Discover contemporary artworks by Alberto Simões De Almeida, browse recent artworks and buy online. Categories: contemporary portuguese artists. Artistic domains: Sculpture, Photography. Account type: Artist , member since 2010 (Country of origin Portugal). Buy Alberto Simões De Almeida's latest works on Artmajeur: Discover great art by contemporary artist Alberto Simões De Almeida. Browse artworks, buy original art or high end prints.

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ANNO MMXI (2011) - ESTRUTURAS • 11 artworks

Escrever um texto sobre uma galeria de trabalhos produzidos é um acto desviante, condenado à partida,[...]
Escrever um texto sobre uma galeria de trabalhos produzidos é um acto desviante, condenado à partida, na maior parte dos casos.
Quando se escreve sobre, é feita uma interpretação eivada de toda a subjectividade de pessoa, de lugar, de tempo.
Por isso decidi que não vou escrever sobre os trabalhos ora apresentados: deixo absolutamente em aberto tudo o que a imaginação de cada um aprouver.
Sem ofensa! Que escreva quem quiser, o que quiser!
Porque nem título terá esta galeria.
Simplesmente o ano de produção.
Será um jogo, um jogo total, sem tabuleiro, nem peças!
Que comece o jogo!

Pode a obra sobreviver ao texto que sobre ela se suporta?
Pode o texto coexistir com a obra?
Ou fenecerá na ausência desta?
E se o texto for a obra, invertendo os pressupostos papéis?
O que existiu primeiro: o texto ou a obra?

O que se pretende é a prevalência da obra, enquanto obra, desprovida de quaisquer artifícios que a pretendam completar, explicar, tornar sedutora ou inteligível.
Valerá a estética, sem constrangimentos, baseada na linha e no plano e no espaço, remetendo para arquétipos abstractos, pura fruição do artista em busca de (des)harmonia, em busca de (des)equilíbrio.
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #1" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #1 - Sculpture, 17.3x22.1 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #1"

Sculpture - Wood | 17.3x22.1 in

$2,329.7
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #5" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #5 - Sculpture, 17.7x31.1 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #5"

Sculpture - Wood | 17.7x31.1 in

$3,361.14
Sculpture titled "Exposição no Centro…" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Exposição no Centro Cultural da Malaposta (vista parcial) - Sculpture ©2012 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Exposição no Centro Cultural da Malaposta (vista parcial)"

Sculpture - Wood

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Sculpture titled "Estrutura #2" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #2 - Sculpture, 22.1x22.4 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #2"

Sculpture - Wood | 22.1x22.4 in

$3,052.9
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #6" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #6 - Sculpture, 16.9x22.8 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #6"

Sculpture - Wood | 16.9x22.8 in

$2,099.89
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #9" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #9 - Sculpture, 22.8x16.9 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #9"

Sculpture - Wood | 22.8x16.9 in

$2,099.89
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #3" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #3 - Sculpture, 15.8x22.8 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #3"

Sculpture - Wood | 15.8x22.8 in

$2,348.22
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #7" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #7 - Sculpture, 31.9x18.9 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #7"

Sculpture - Wood | 31.9x18.9 in

$2,329.7
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #10" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #10 - Sculpture, 24x18.9 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #10"

Sculpture - Wood | 24x18.9 in

$2,241.48
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #4" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #4 - Sculpture, 18.1x33.1 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #4"

Sculpture - Wood | 18.1x33.1 in

$3,670.46
Sculpture titled "Estrutura #8" by Alberto Simões De Almeida, Original Artwork, Wood
Estrutura #8 - Sculpture, 22.8x16.9 in ©2011 by Alberto Simões De Almeida -
"Estrutura #8"

Sculpture - Wood | 22.8x16.9 in

$2,099.89
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