Camellia trunks, a nursery invoice and a plant nursery postcard from Quintal do Forno took part in the exhibition of the project “A new life after a tree”.
The exhibition took place at Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis (MNSR) and Museu da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (FBAUP) from 28th to 13th March 2020.
The exhibition’s opening took place on the 28th of February 2020 early evening. It was curated by artist Mami Huguchi and by FBAUP professor Graciela Machado
Among the guests at the MNSR there were the Japan Ambassador, the President of the Japan Foundation, and the President of the Fundação Passos Canavarro
The organization was a team work of five institutions:
It had the support of:
This international artistic project challenged artists from Belgium, the United States, Japan, Latvia, Poland, and Portugal to live on camellia wood from the gardens of Campo Bello (Vila Nova de Gaia) and Quintal do Forno (Paços da Serra) by giving it creative reuse.
“Through their poetic vision, conveyed through the simple, universal language of wood engraving, the project aims at inspiring reflection about the human relationship with Nature and the transnational character of artistic expression.”
Loureiro, Machado and Santos (2020)
Woodcuts from the Quintal do Forno were crafted by ten artists
At the same time, the organisation hosted another exhibition at the Museu FBAUP, which opened on 9th March 2020 and was curated by Graciela Machado and Rui Vitorino Santos.
It was part of the programme of the 4th edition of the seminar “Modos de Editar – Herança e Renovação: A Genealogia de um Jardim”
It had a workshop and a showcase by Professor Teruo Isomi, Japan Print Association‘s director
We thank artist Mami Higuchi for this wood engraving made with wood from the Quintal do Forno
Professor Graciela Machado and her students worked on our photography, thank you
We are very proud of being part of the project “A life after a tree”
Photos: Mami Higuchi, Catarina Marques da Cruz and Beatriz Santamaría
