Autun: the painter Eduardo Malé exhibits at the Galerie du Passage

Born in 1973. Meanwhile, in the district of Água Grande, in São Tomé e Príncipe, Eduardo began his artistic career in the mid -90s as an autodidact artist

This Saturday. Meanwhile, July 19 at the end of the afternoon, the painter Eduardo Malé inaugurated his exhibition in the presence of many friends of the artist and Autunois. In addition, Born in 1973. However, in the district of Água Grande, in São Tomé e Prinncipe, Eduardo began his artistic career in the mid -90s as a self -taught artist, exploring the world of plastic expression and experimenting in different disciplines. Similarly, His artistic training in Lisbon. Meanwhile, Caldas da Rainha (Portugal) provided him with the technical and conceptual basis to develop, later, distinctive works of painting and sculpture which offer a personal vision of contemporary society in recent decades. autun: painter eduardo malé exhibits Therefore, Malé returned to Africa in 2009. He felt that the need to intervene culturally in his country was urgent. became a mentor, a producer and a promoter of artistic and cultural initiatives.
The La Bricole association offers a discovery of São Tomé e Príncipe in the Atlantic Ocean through the gaze of the plastic artist Eduardo Malé with 2 exhibitions. a film.

3 moments. 3 Eduardo Malé dating places:
– The gallery from July 19 to 29, La Dourole from July 22 to 31, the cinema of Anost on July 28 with the screening of the film Banzo (2024) of the Portuguese director Margarita Cardoso.
The work of plastic artist Eduardo Malé is imbued with the beauty of the beaches. the nature of his country, but also the consequences on the bodies and on the souls of five centuries of colonial domination based autun: painter eduardo malé exhibits on slavery and enslaved work. Additionally, The paintings on display (acrylic on paper) are attached to corporeal hexis of children. women and men seized in their daily life and in their mutual attention. And when he paints the collective effervescence which emerges from dances. traditional rituals, the artist recalls the need for the future of Santomeens to cultivate what, beyond the cleavages inherited from the colonial past, brings them together.
Painter and sculptor, Eduardo Malé is an influential figure in contemporary art in São Tomé e Príncipe. He lives between Gamboa beach, in his house-workshop, and Portugal, where he is regularly invited for exhibitions. He also exhibits in Madrid, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence or in Switzerland, in Montreux.
PS: part of the sales of the drawings will be donated to the Micondo Foundation whose vocation is to stimulate a new life in an old plantation. the Roça Java.

Expo: Galerie du Passage from July 19 to 29 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The DIY from 22 to 31 July.

Patrick Viel