The Occidental Calligrapher. Fernando Lemos and Japan

The exhibition is a unique opportunity to see a large collection of photographs and drawings by the Portuguese-Brazilian artist that have never been displayed in Portugal before. Many of these photographs were taken during his time in Japan, where Fernando Lemos (Lisbon, 1926- São Paulo, 2019) first arrived on a Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship to study Japanese calligraphy and art, and bear witness to the seminal influence of Japanese culture on his artistic practice. The relationship between the drawings and photographs on display is underlined by the dialogue with his works in other media, with works by other artists from the CAM collection, and with Japanese prints from the Gulbenkian Museum collection.

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