The programme, which was presented on June 4 at a press conference at the Spanish Embassy in Lisbon, aims to show the state of our country's cultural industries at the present time, as well as to offer experiences of dialogue between Spain and Portugal that will enable common projects to be created in the immediate future.
The exhibition, curated by Rosina Gómez-Baeza and Lucía Ybarra (YGBART), will occupy two floors of the Palace and will include a selection of painted resin sculptures, digital printing on ceramics and augmented reality. With this last technique the artist seeks to expand his expressive vocabulary with new technologies, to complement classical techniques such as drawing, painting and sculpture. Damià can transform with his environments and create dreamlike spaces where the spectator interacts with the work.
The director of the Ajuda National Palace, José Alberto Ribeiro, has opted for the work of Damià Díaz for his capacity to intervene in the space by creating a dialogue between contemporary art and artistic heritage. An exhibition project of such magnitude that, since Joana Vasconcelos' proposal in 2013, had not been carried out in this venue.
This exhibition represents a new step in the international career of the artist, who has previously made interventions in spaces of important historical value and artistic heritage such as Saint Louis de l'Hôpital Salpêtrière, in Paris; Casa de Erasmo Museum in Rotterdam, in Brussels or Capilla de la Sapiencia and Claustro de la Nau at the University of Valencia.
Damià Díaz's artistic career is characterised by a constant search that links humanism, artistic classicism and the Renaissance and Baroque heritage with modern materials and technologies. A dialogue between the obsessions of the artist, the work of art, the space and the observer.
The Mostra Espanha is organised by the Dirección General de Industrias Culturales y Cooperación del Ministerio Español de Cultura y Deporte (Directorate General of Cultural Industries and Cooperation of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport), in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Spanish Embassy in Lisbon, and each edition has the support of the Government of Portugal, through the Ministry of Culture, various Municipal Chambers, the Cervantes Institute of Lisbon and different public and private agents from both countries.
Damià Díaz Estudio is especially grateful for the support of Hildegard Willschrei, the artist's private patron. Also to Azuliber and Ceilook, manufacturers of tiles and patrons of the piece of digital printing on ceramics.
The exhibition, curated by Rosina Gómez-Baeza and Lucía Ybarra (YGBART), will occupy two floors of the Palace and will include a selection of painted resin sculptures, digital printing on ceramics and augmented reality. With this last technique the artist seeks to expand his expressive vocabulary with new technologies, to complement classical techniques such as drawing, painting and sculpture. Damià can transform with his environments and create dreamlike spaces where the spectator interacts with the work.
The director of the Ajuda National Palace, José Alberto Ribeiro, has opted for the work of Damià Díaz for his capacity to intervene in the space by creating a dialogue between contemporary art and artistic heritage. An exhibition project of such magnitude that, since Joana Vasconcelos' proposal in 2013, had not been carried out in this venue.
This exhibition represents a new step in the international career of the artist, who has previously made interventions in spaces of important historical value and artistic heritage such as Saint Louis de l'Hôpital Salpêtrière, in Paris; Casa de Erasmo Museum in Rotterdam, in Brussels or Capilla de la Sapiencia and Claustro de la Nau at the University of Valencia.
Damià Díaz's artistic career is characterised by a constant search that links humanism, artistic classicism and the Renaissance and Baroque heritage with modern materials and technologies. A dialogue between the obsessions of the artist, the work of art, the space and the observer.
The Mostra Espanha is organised by the Dirección General de Industrias Culturales y Cooperación del Ministerio Español de Cultura y Deporte (Directorate General of Cultural Industries and Cooperation of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport), in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and the Spanish Embassy in Lisbon, and each edition has the support of the Government of Portugal, through the Ministry of Culture, various Municipal Chambers, the Cervantes Institute of Lisbon and different public and private agents from both countries.
Damià Díaz Estudio is especially grateful for the support of Hildegard Willschrei, the artist's private patron. Also to Azuliber and Ceilook, manufacturers of tiles and patrons of the piece of digital printing on ceramics.
