Heaven, Hell, and Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art

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  • May 12 - October 12, 2015
  • CURATOR: Dr. Anthony Shelton, MOA Director
  • MOA delves deep into popular art of Portugal in the upcoming exhibition entitled Heaven, Hell and Somewhere In Between: Portuguese Popular Art, on view May 12 through October 12, 2015. The North American premiere of this extraordinary exhibition will include 300 Portuguese folk artworks – a distinct and eclectic mix of digital graffiti projections with popular rural creations: puppets, figurines, carnival masks, ceramics, and more. The exhibit will showcase the work of a passing generation of great artists—craftspeople, illustrators, and painters. The exhibition presents Portuguese popular art as multi-leveled, theatrical, politically astute, and individualistic. These creations provide a theatre of the nation, where art and culture are mediated through the eruption of personal, profound, and deeply felt sentiments. In fall 2015, Shelton will lead a group of enthusiastic participants on a 13-day trip to Portugal as part of MOA Journeys, an initiative launched in November 2014 with an inaugural voyage to Cuba. A unique cultural encounter, those partaking in the expedition will deepen their understanding of Portuguese society through encounters with select artists represented in the exhibition, excursions to artist studios, and cultural workshops.

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  • Luminescence: The Silver of Peru (English)
  • Luminiscencia: La Plata del Perú (Spanish)
  • People Among the People: The Public Art of Susan Point
  • Safar/Voyage: Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian, and Turkish Artists
  • Savage Graces
  • The H.R. MacMillan Collection
  • The Marvellous Real: Art from Mexico, 1926 - 2011
  • The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
  • The Potter's Art: Contributions to the Study of the Koerner Collection of European Ceramics
  • The Transforming Image
  • The Walter and Marianne Koerner Collection
  • Theatrum Mundi: Masks and Masquerades in Mexico and the Andes
  • Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia
  • Under Different Moons: African Art in Conversation
  • Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art

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