atrás das mãos

atrás das mãos is madalena meneses's first large scale solo exhibition in Portugal and is the result of her artistic residency in a very special place, near Lyon (France), where she spent two months. This work also marks the artist's last ten years dedicated to analogue photography, and celebrates her first major chapter with the visual arts.

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«atrás das mãos does not show us an external world. It shows the inside of things: the small gestures, the sideways glances, the bodies listening. The hands, sometimes present, sometimes absent, signal both intimacy and care — which is protected, which is offered, which is kept from the moment. (...) Together, they are a testimony of a moment lived with the Other, in a silent pact between presences. (...) atrás das mãos encourages the gaze to slow down, to listen, to belong, to be. The images do not impose themselves, they invite the continuity of the encounter — as if to say: I am here, with you, and this is already an image.»

alice wr

 

 

opening

thursday 19 junho

19h - 22h

 

artist talk

saturday 28 junho

17h - 18h30

 

guided tour

thursday 10 julho

19h - 20h

Biography:

madalena meneses (1992) studied Arts and Humanities at the Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa and has a postgraduate degree in Writing Arts from Nova FCSH (Lisbon). Her background in photography happens between Movimento Expressão Fotográfica, Imagerie — Casa de Imagens and Diamantino Labo Photo (Paris). She has exhibited her work collectively in Portugal, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands. In Lisbon, she had a solo exhibition in 2019 and held an exhibition of a work, on going, in 2023 — the year of her first artistic residency, near Lyon, for two months, which gave rise to this exhibition. Her work is part of private collections in Portugal, France, Ireland and Singapore.​