MADRAGOA
Homework #3
Gabriel Abrantes, Isadora Almeida, Mirna Bamieh, Pedro Barassi, Frida Baranek, Pierpaolo Calzolari, Gabriel Chaile, Isabel Cordovil, Fernão Cruz, Mattia Denisse, António Júlio Duarte, Fernanda Fragateiro, Evy Jokhova, Dozie Kanu, Renzo Marasca, Bruno Pacheco, Diana Policarpo, Jorge Queiroz, Li Qianyu, Max Ruf, Francisco Trêpa, Francisco Tropa, Belén Uriel, Francisca Valador, Emily Wardill, Ai Weiwei
22 January – 22 March 2025 Galeria Madragoa Lisbon, Portugal
Press release

Gabriel Abrantes (b. 1984, North Carolina), Isadora Almeida (b. 1997, Brasília), Mirna Bamieh (b. 1984, Jerusalem), Pedro Barassi (b. 1988, Rio de Janeiro), Frida Baranek (b. 1961, Rio de Janeiro), Pierpaolo Calzolari (b. 1943, Bologna), Gabriel Chaile (b. 1985, Tucuman), Isabel Cordovil (b. 1994, Lisbon), Fernão Cruz (b. 1995, Lisbon), Mattia Denisse (b. 1967, Blois), António Júlio Duarte (b. 1965, Lisbon), Fernanda Fragateiro (b. 1962, Montijo), Evy Jokhova (b. 1984, Geneva), Dozie Kanu (b. 1993, Texas), Renzo Marasca (b. 1977, Ancona), Bruno Pacheco (b. 1974, Lisbon), Diana Policarpo (b. 1986, Lisbon), Jorge Queiroz (b. 1966, Lisbon), Li Qianyu (b. 1995, Inner Mongolia), Max Ruf (1982, Schweinfurt), Francisco Trêpa (b. 1985, Lisbon), Francisco Tropa (b. 1968, Lisbon), Belén Uriel (b. 1974, Madrid), Francisca Valador (b. 1993, Lisbon), Emily Wardill (b. 1977, Rugby), Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing).

Homework is the name of an exhibition series, launched by Madragoa in 2020, that stems from the gallery’s research on the Portuguese territory to map the current situation in relation to emerging artistic practices in the country. If the previous two exhibitions of the series focused on mainly local young artists, Homework #3 aims to create a dialogue between a number of Portuguese artists that we believed shaped and are shaping the contemporary art scene in the country and international ones who have chosen Portugal as a place where they want to live, work and create. The purpose of mapping a situation is still the driving force of the project, but the research has expanded to tell about what we witness every day in Lisbon and Portugal: a dynamic, ever-changing reality, where a key role is played by the arrival of many foreigners who have decided to settle there. The exhibition does not have the ambition of recounting all the aspects, fruitful and negative, resulting from the inevitable process of gentrification that this immigration entails, but proposes a reflection on the impact that this change has had on the country’s contemporary art scene. Conversely, what kind of input has Portugal, with its established practices, its tradition of craftsmanship, and its vibrant production, had on the artists who have elected it as their new home? Through an unconventional dialogue between very different artistic practices, the third iteration of Homework aims to provide an obviously limited view of this phenomenon, but one that will hopefully spark further research.

 

 


 

 

Homework é o nome de uma série de exposições lançada pela Madragoa em 2020, que resulta de uma pesquisa da galeria sobre o território português para mapear a situação atual em relação às práticas artísticas emergentes no país. Se as duas exposições anteriores da série se centraram sobretudo em jovens artistas locais, Homework #3 pretende criar um diálogo entre um conjunto de artistas portugueses que acreditámos terem moldado e estarem a moldar a cena artística contemporânea no país e artistas internacionais que escolheram Portugal como um lugar onde querem viver, trabalhar e criar. O propósito de mapear uma situação continua a ser o motor do projeto, mas a pesquisa expandiu-se para falar daquilo a que assistimos todos os dias em Lisboa e em Portugal: uma realidade dinâmica e em constante mudança, onde um papel fundamental é desempenhado pela chegada de muitos estrangeiros que decidiram estabelecer-se no país. A exposição não tem a ambição de contar todos os aspectos, positivos e negativos, resultantes do inevitável processo de gentrificação que esta imigração acarreta, mas propõe uma reflexão sobre o impacto que esta mudança teve na cena artística contemporânea do país. Por outro lado, que contributo tem Portugal, com as suas práticas estabelecidas, a sua tradição artesanal e a sua produção vibrante, para os artistas que o elegeram como a sua nova casa? Através de um diálogo não convencional entre práticas artísticas muito diferentes, a terceira edição de Homework pretende oferecer uma visão obviamente limitada deste fenómeno, mas que, esperamos, suscitará novas investigações.

 

Artworks

António Júlio Duarte
Francisca, Linha do Douro
, 2019-2023
60 × 40 cm
Francisca Valador
Vermelho-atração
, 2024
14 × 11.5 cm
Isadora Almeida
Fumaça
, 2024
40 × 30 cm
Fernanda Fragateiro
Unrepaired 10
, 2025
150 × 58 × 20 cm
Bruno Pacheco
Jacarandá
, 2023
65 × 60 cm
Dozie Kanu
transmuted surveillance footage of heart-space
, 2024
54 × 80 × 77 cm
Qianyu Li
The performer part I-II. I see three different reflections when I look in the mirror.
, 2024
35 × 27 cm
Mirna Bamieh
Sour Cords
, 2025
254 × 48 × 48 cm
Gabriel Abrantes
Two Sculptures Quarreling in a Hotel Room
, 2020
Gabriel Chaile
Falsa Piedra
, 2024
150 × 87 × 76 cm
Pier Paolo Calzolari
Senza titolo
, 2021
70 × 60 × 18 cm
Evy Jokhova
War Horse
, 2024
310 × 95 cm
Gabriel Abrantes
Ghost Sleeping in studio
, 2022
100 × 105 cm
Ai Weiwei
Toy Bricks and a Portuguese ballot box
, 2024
42 × 40 × 40 cm
Jorge Queiroz
Answer To Previous
, 2024
197 × 130 × 5.5 cm
Belén Uriel
Material de Relleno
, 2018
13 × 20 × 4 cm
Emily Wardill
Secrets
, 2017
33 × 38.5 cm
Mattia Denisse
Sem título (série de 6)
, 2024
75 × 50 cm
Francisco Trêpa
Pollination Stage
, 2023
122 × 40 × 40 cm
Frida Baranek
Uncertainty Relations XIII
, 2023
130 × 60 × 30 cm
Max Ruf
untitled (red lines, green; vertical white, horizontal blue, gate)
, 2022 - 2024
100 × 150 cm
Diana Policarpo
Untitled
, 2024
42 × 29.7 cm
Renzo Marasca
Sem título
, 2025
49 × 40 cm
Fernão Cruz
Passado Impregnado
, 2024
135 × 28 × 14 cm
Pedro Barassi
Avanço na Sala Cinza
, 2024
35 × 27 cm
Francisco Tropa
Gradiva
, 2024
23 × 27.8 × 63 cm
Isabel Cordovil
Gutter (sans retour)
, 2025
150 × 45 × 18 cm
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