O blogue "Raiz & Utopia" é um espaço de encontro e de diálogo, em defesa de uma cultura livre e pluridisciplinar. Retomamos o projeto da revista “Raiz e Utopia” fundada por António José Saraiva, Carlos Medeiros e José Baptista em 1977, cuja direção foi assumida por Helena Vaz da Silva, tornando-se uma referência na cultura portuguesa, pelo carácter inovador e inconformista, reunindo colaboradores como Edgar Morin, Eduardo Lourenço, António Alçada Baptista e Alberto Vaz da Silva.
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A pintura de Rose Wylie – uma maneira particular de ver. ‘The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe (…) We only see what you look at. To look is an act of choice.’, John Berger Para a pintora Rose Wylie (1934), olhar é sempre […]
‘Desert Moon’ de Lee Krasner. ‘Painting is not separated from life. It is one. It is like asking – do I want to live? My answer is yes – and so I paint.’, Lee Krasner A pintura ‘Desert Moon’ (1955) de Lee Krasner (1908-1984) é pura vida. ‘I like a canvas […]
“ÆOLUS” de Gillian Ayres ‘I don’t see why you shouldn’t be filling yourself up, making yourself happy. Enjoying yourself. Feasting on beauty. I want an art that’s going to make me feel heady, in a high-flown way. I love the idea. I’d use the word spiritual. I’m not frightened of all that.’ Gillian […]
O verdadeiro sentido do habitar – Les Étoiles d’Ivry, de Jean Renaudie e Renée Gailhoustet ‘Architecture is the physical form which envelops human lives in all the complexity of their relations with their environment.’, Jean Renaudie, 1968 A urbanização de Les Étoiles em Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), dos arquitetos Jean Renaudie (1925-1981) e Renée […]
Neutelings Riedijk e as iconografias volumétricas. ‘Laziness, one of the seven cardinal sins, is one of an architect’s most useful characteristics. The combination of diligence and ambition is highly dangerous; the combination of laziness and ambition ensures a pleasing balance, which often leads to happy results because compensating for laziness requires the application […]
Manuel Graça Dias e Egas José Vieira – o elogio à vida e o fascínio pela descoberta. ‘Nós queremos ser todos iguais perante a lei, temos essa vontade e construímos edifícios organizativos que o garantam. A democracia é, onde conseguimos chegar, no mundo ocidental, no sentido de garantir a todos igualdade – o […]
Phyllida Barlow e o ‘Objeto para uma poltrona’. ‘The urgency to get something done is very important in my work. I make work very quickly. I then need ages to understand what I’ve done, and that is an odd paradox (…) You’ve put everything into the work, and you look at the thing […]
Anthony Caro e a expansão no espaço. ‘I never work from maquettes, I never make drawings. I work from the material. It is a sort of technique for letting it flow out of yourself, without worrying too much (…) It comes directly from cubism, from collage and I am able to do things […]
Rebecca Horn e as extensões do corpo. ‘Pelas extensas imediações do corpoum calor circunvagueia.’Luiza Neto Jorge Na obra de Rebecca Horn (1944), no final da década de 1960 e no início dos anos 70, encontram-se estudos experimentais ligados sobretudo ao corpo. Horn utiliza próteses sobredimensionadas, como modo de extensão das extremidades do […]
Bob Law e as pinturas pretas. ‘I have, or I think I have, my perfect work in my mind’s eye. To bring that work into reality or existence is another matter – there is always some small flaw. Some improvement to be made. And it is this seeking after quality that most interests […]