All I Want: Themes — Google Arts & Culture

Explore the 14 sections of 'All I Want'

#1

Starting Point

A conversation between artists from several generations and styles

#2

The Place of the Artist

Exploring the position of artists a century ago vs now

#3

Feminine Plural

Discussions about the female body and eroticism

#4

The Gaze and the Mirror

How women look to themselves and others

#5

The Word

Artists using letters, words, and phrases in their work

#6

The Writing Space

A look at the literature of great Portuguese artists

#7

Construction

The politics and social nature of design and architecture

#8

Le Vivant

The balance between ecology and art

#9

The House

The symbolic relationship between women and their living space

#10

The Political

Artworks with political themes or topics

#11

Collective Memories

Considering Portuguese cultural heritage

#12

Vernacular Daily Life

How daily life impacts women

#13

The Theater of the Body

How women contradict the male domination of the female body

#14

Listen To Me

Audio stories about the fusion between the artwork and the artist

The introduction

Discover the connection between the artworks and learn more about each artist

Starting Point

Meet four artists from across the generations

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Aurélia de Sousa: Expressive Naturalism

The experience of being a woman at the turn of the 20th century are key to understanding her work

Rosa Ramalho's Playful Pottery

The most renowned creator of Figurado de Barcelos

The Surrealist Sculptures of Susanne Themlitz

Combining mediums to create a personal microcosm

Breaking Down Boundaries with Luisa Cunha

Explore her attentiveness to what is around us

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva's Unceasing Dialogue with Portugal

A prominent figure within the School of Paris

The confrontation between artists

A conversation across time

The Place of the Artist

The same subject examined by artists a century apart

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Rosa Carvalho on Representation

The artist on how women and the female body have been represented in art history

Armanda Duarte's Spatial Poetics

Observation and analysis of space to search for the essence

Subtlety and provocation

Artists from various generations explore the feminine in their works

Feminine Plural

Subtlety vs provocation: artists from various generations approach the feminine

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Singular perspectives

How the artist reflect their individuality

The Gaze and the Mirror

Artists who recognise and invent themselves in the act of looking

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Sarah Afonso's Intimate Portraits

Sarah is considered a "new case" of modernist painting by some art critics

Maria José Oliveira and Dual Concern

Her work is sustained by the double attention to the body and nature

The written form

Writing as the main focus of the artworks

The Word

These artists create visual dimensions with letters and words

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The power of texts

Where literature and art meet

The Writing Space

Deep dive into the literary production of great Portuguese artists

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Isabel Carvalho Explores Language As a Cultural Construction

Breaking down boundaries between high and popular culture

Joana Rosa: Form Over Content

She bases her work on doodles or scribbles

Building new meanings

The power of architecture and design

Construction

The politics and social aspect of design and architecture in Portuguese artists

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Fernanda Fragateiro: Works That Spark Performative Action

Crossing sculpture, installation and architecture

Ângela Ferreira's Sculptural Revisiting of the Recent Past

The artist's own life story is woven into her work

Living elements

Examining ecology and living things

Le Vivant

Summoning living elements to the interior of the room

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Gabriela Albergaria's Cosmovision

Pushing back against the finiteness of natural resources

Maria Capelo: Rekindling, Not Reproducing

Depicting landscapes in an ancient and universal tradition

Where we live and hide

Our complex relationship to the houses we inhabit

The House

A place to hide our ghosts and weave complex relations

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Ana Vieira's Scenography

Works where the public find themselves expecting a scene that never happens

The hidden meanings

How the interpretation of artworks may bring political significations to a word or image

The Political

Voices rise up in unison

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Carla Filipe Examines Cross-Cutting Issues

Her work draws upon the vital energy of the streets

Graça Morais: Steeped in the Rural Mythology of Trás-os-Montes

Her bucolic childhood fuelled a rich world of images

Cultural heritage

Movies and installations that represent women in Portugal's legacy

Collective Memories

A closer look at the women's perspective

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Grada Kilomba on Telling Stories

Kilomba draws upon her roots in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe

Maria Lamas Portrays the Living Conditions of Working Portuguese Women

Her book can be considered one most important documents about the women in the country

Filipa César: Dictatorship, Oppression and Colonialism

César's recent filmography reflects on the contemporary history of Portugal

The daily routine

Objects that belong to our day-to-day lives, but with a new meaning

Vernacular Daily Life

How does daily life impact women?

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The Opposites of Joana Vasconcelos

Her work plays with stereotypes and clichés

Sónia Almeida Examines Painting as Language

Intense, vibrant colours, applied in saturated smears and layers

Patrícia Almeida: Contemporary Reality

Her photography emerged from her interest in romantic literature, pop-rock music and urban counter-cultures