All I want: Feminine Plural
Discover the selection of works that integrate this thematic section of the exhibition “All I want – Portuguese women artists from 1900 to 2020” followed by the curators' text.
By Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Curators: Helena de Freitas and Bruno Marchand
Section 3 – Feminine Plural
In a confrontation between subtlety and provocation, artists from different generations approach the feminine in closed contexts or in its relationship with the Other.
Étude de fillettes à la fenêtre (not dated) by Mily PossozCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Étude de fillettes à la fenêtre, not dated
Drypoint on paper; Ed. 5/60
41,6 x 32,5 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. GP839
Petites filles aux provisians (not dated) by Mily PossozCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Petites filles aux provisians, not dated
Drypoint on paper; Ed. 5/60
39,5 x 31,6 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. GP833
Untitled (not dated) by Mily PossozCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, not dated
Gouache, graphite and oil on paper
65 x 46,7 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. DP55
Rêverie (not dated) by Mily PossozCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Rêverie, not dated
Drypoint on paper; Ed. 2/50
45,5 cm x 32,2 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. GP840
Untitled (not dated) by Ofélia MarquesCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, not dated
Colour pencil, Indian ink, pastel and gouache on paper
26,1 x 39,4 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. DP643
Untitled (not dated) by Ofélia MarquesCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, not dated
Graphite and pastel on paper
45 x 65,2 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 80DP624
Untitled (not dated) by Ofélia MarquesCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, not dated
Graphite and crayon on paper
34,2 x 48 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. DP656
Untitled (1933) by Ofélia MarquesCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1933
Graphite, watercolour and Indian ink on paper
24,9 x 21,4 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. DP652
This section of the exhibition brings together the delicate urban fictions of Mily Possoz, Ofélia Marques’ flirtatious play in the modernist theme of "les deux amies", the grotesque violence in the figures by Maria Antónia Siza, and the sexual provocation of Patrícia Garrido’s sculptures and Maria José Aguiar’s paintings as instances of the irrepressible tensions between eros (love/life) and thanatos (death).
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
43 x 30,8 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4466
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and gouache on paper
43 x 30,7 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4468
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
43 x 30,5 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4469
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
29,7 x 21 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4465
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
27,7 x 21 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4458
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
27,7 x 21 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4464
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
43 x 30,7 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4467
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
43 x 61 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4470 a-b
Untitled (1960s) by Maria Antónia SizaCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled, 1960s
Indian ink and wash on paper
27,8 x 21 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 18DP4457
The pleasure is all mine V (1994) by Patrícia GarridoOriginal Source: Collection Patrícia Garrido
The pleasure is all mine V, 1994
Polyester, silicone, iron
105 x 120 x 92 cm
Collection Patrícia Garrido
The pleasure is all mine II (1994) by Patrícia GarridoOriginal Source: Fundação de Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
The pleasure is all mine II, 1994
Polyester, silicone, iron
67 x 90 x 47 cm
Fundação de Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, inv. FS 0257
Untitled (1974) by Maria José AguiarCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Untitled,1974
Oil on canvas
130 x 159,7 cm
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Centro de Arte Moderna, inv. 75P713
This series of works is punctuated by two pieces by Ana Vidigal that highlight the tension between the drive for female autonomy and freedom, and the place to which women are consigned by society, using imagery from women's magazines Vidigal has kept from her childhood.
The sick rose (2020) by Ana VidigalOriginal Source: Collection of the Artist, Porto
The sick rose, 2020
Painting on paper
100 x 68 cm
Collection of the Artist, Porto
WARNING (2020) by Ana VidigalOriginal Source: Collection of the Artist, Porto
WARNING, 2020
Painting on paper
100 x 68 cm
Collection of the Artist, Porto
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Cover of the exhibition catalogueCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
This exhibition brings together about two hundred works by forty female Portuguese artists. Its primary objective is to assist in rectifying the systematic erasure that works by these artists – like so of their sisters elsewhere in the world – have suffered since time immemorial.
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The exhibition All I want: Portuguese women artists from 1900 to 2020, in its first moment at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, is part of the cultural program that takes place in parallel to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2021.
Exhibition organized by the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage (DGPC) and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in co-production with the Center of Contemporary Creation Olivier Debré, Tours, and with the collaboration of the Plano Nacional das Artes (Portugal).
Curatorship and text:
Helena de Freitas and Bruno Marchand
Get to know in detail the universe of artists presented in this section through a text by Lígia Afonso / Plano Nacional das Artes:
Mily Possoz
Ofélia Marques
Maria Antónia Siza
Patrícia Garrido
Maria José Aguiar
Ana Vidigal
