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GAU challenges artists to share creative processes
The pandemic does not seem to be slowing down and the safest place to be is definitely our home. But at home, without the streets of Lisbon to intervene, how do urban artists create?
Galeria de Arte Urbana (Urban Art Gallery – GAU), through this project, #DiariosdeArteUrbanachallenged artists to share their creative processes and art pieces they have developed since March, during the period of social isolation.
In this way, their work continues to be seen by everyone, but instead of being seen and appreciated on walls and places of artistic intervention in Lisbon, they can be seen on GAU’s web site and on its official Facebook and Instagrampages. To prove that artistic expression has no limits, the Agenda Cultural de Lisboa has spoken to five artists who tell us, in their own words, how it felt to work at home for someone who normally works on the street and on a different scale.
Vitó Julião
www.vitojuliao.com
Working from home during this period was not that strange for me, as I dedicate some time to develop projects in my studio. However, it allowed me to dedicate more time to personal projects, to reinvent myself and to give a bit of my work to the community. During this period, I made a free coloring book available to keep adults and children busy, and created a Paper Toy, also free, at the request of the Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude. In addition, I also made several Art Prints, which I have made available in my online store , to counteract the reduction of commissioned works.
Telmo Alcobia
www.telmoalcobia.com
I am part of a group, POGO, which had to cancel group work, as well as the exhibition I was planning. So, since art, in my understanding, is about real life, during my isolation I watched how people reacted to these facts and emotions, interpretations, extrapolations, and conspiracies. I reduced expenses to a minimum and concentrated on what I could control. I drew in a way that was possible, in my tiny house, I drew to materialize these ideas, like a transformative diary of all this, creating a series of works entitled Desenhos de Quarentena (Quarantine Drawings), based on albums and songs that kept me company during this season.
Tamara Alves
www.tamaraalves.com
Ozearv
www.instagram.com/ozearv
UtOPiA
www.utopia-arts.com
In the quarantine nothing changed my professional routine, since I do a lot of work in the studio for several collectors at mundo.Na. In fact, I had far more orders during this period. I realized that people, as they could not leave their homes, felt the need to obtain art works as an investment and for pleasure. In fact, I had a lot of requests that I could not fulfill. In other words, I ended up painting twice more than usual, sending out more than 50 canvases to different countries in Europe and the rest of the world. In addition, all shipments were safe and fast.