Artist Santiago Ribeiro the
curator of the very successful “Surrealism Now” exhibition in Coimbria,
Portugal, in collaboration with Liba Waring Stambollion
have organised a quality exhibition in the heart of Paris at Dorothy’s Gallery, the American Center for the
Arts. The exhibition brings together artists from diverse countries, such as
France, Portugal, Russia, United States, Czech Republic, Vietnam and Latvia.


“Surrealism, which was born after the first wold war, is characterized by
its opposition to all social conventions, moral and logic. It is a movement
immersed in dreams, instinct, desire, rebellion, and the liberty of life. It is
also perhaps the movement most tied to imagination, a movement fully alive in
the artistic and literary worlds. In Portugal, it is perhaps the link which ties
these two worlds together. Prof. Perfecto Cuadrado said so aptly in one of his
conferences: “The history of Surrealism, meaning anthologies, studies,
catalogues (and exhibits) devoted to the so called International surrealism,
needs to be divulged – the price, sometimes, in a simplified fight against other
forms of simplification, when it is not against a total silence due to
sectarianism, or ignorance whether French, Portuguese or International.”
Surrealism through words, painting and sculpture continues, like life to be:
insistent, concrete, daily and real. This exhibition in Paris, the birthplace of
the movement, is proof that “International Surrealism” is still alive.”


Maria Fernanda Pinto
Paris, 06/01/2012


Exhibiting Artists
Andrej Nekrasov, Anne Ethuin, Benjamin Marques,
Daniel Hanequand, Evgeny Denisov, Gregory
Potosky, Isabel Meyrelles, Liba Waring Stambollion,
Paula Rosa, Santiago Ribeiro, Serge
Sunne, Shahla Rosa, Victor Lages, Vu Huyen Thuong, Yuri
Shpakovsky and Yuri Tsvetaev.

originally posted inFANTASTIC VISIONS, February 29th

PORTUGUESE AND ARGENTINE SURREALISM -
EXHIBITION - COIMBRA, PORTUGAL, EU
Art Space of the Recordatório of Queen Saint  Isabel
  
Artists
ELIZABETH PANTANO
PAULA  ROSA
SANTIAGO RIBEIRO

English version:
The artist from Coimbra, Santiago Ribeiro is  organizing another exhibition in Coimbra, this time titled " Portuguese and  Argentine Surrealism" with artists Elizabeth Pantano from Argentina, Paula Rosa  and Santiago Ribeiro from Portugal, the exhibition opens on 22th September by  18:30 hours at the gallery of the Recordatório of Queen Saint Isabel, Rua  António Augusto Gonçalves, Santa Clara, Coimbra.
 
In the exhibition entitled " Portuguese and Argentine Surrealism" show about
two dozen works of the three artists. Note that the pictures of Santiago  Ribeiro, also belong to the exhibition "Surrealist Paintings."

The opening of the exhibition will, among others, attended the three  artists.


Elizabeth Pantano of Argentina, is not the first time that is in Coimbra,  because it showed her work in the exhibition Surrealism Now International, which
was shown in 2010, the House Museum of the Bissaya Barreto Foundation and St.
Anne Convent in the Arches of the Garden.

Paula Rosa coming from Lisbon to show her work for the second time in  this city.
 
The exhibition at Art Space of the Recordatório of Queen Saint Isabel is an
initiative of the Parish of Santa Clara, chaired by José Simão.
 
Portuguese version:
Santiago Ribeiro, Elizabeth Pantano, Paula Rosa expõem no Recordatório da Rainha Santa Isabel
 
O artista plástico conimbricense, Santiago Ribeiro organiza mais uma 
exposição em Coimbra, desta vez intítulada de "Surrealismo Português e
Argentino"com os artistas Elizabeth Pantano da Argentina, Paula Rosa de Portugal
e Santiago Ribeiro de Portugal, a exposição é inaugurada a 22 de Setembro pelas
18.30 horas, na Galeria do Recordatório da Rainha Santa Isabel, na Rua António
Augusto Gonçalves, em Santa Clara, Coimbra. 
 
Na exposição intitulada “Surrealismo Português e Surrealismo Argentino”,
mostrará cerca de duas dezenas de trabalhos dos três artistas plásticos. De
salientar que os quadros de Santiago Ribeiro, integram também a exposição
itinerante “Pinturas Surrealistas”. 

A abertura da exposição contará, entre outros, com a presença dos três
artistas plásticos. 

Elizabeth Pantano da Argentina, não é a primeira vez que está em Coimbra,
pois mostrou o seu trabalho na exposição Internacional Surrealismo Now, que
esteve patente em 2010, na Casa Museu Bissaya Barreto e no Quartel de Sant’Ana,
aos Arcos do Jardim.
Paula Rosa vem de Lisboa e mostrará pela segunda vez os  seus trabalhos nesta cidade. 
  
A exposição no Espaço de Arte do Recordatório da Rainha Santa
Isabel resulta de uma iniciativa da Junta de Freguesia de Santa Clara, presidida
por José Simão.