Man and Woman

Manuel Pereira da Silva

Man and Woman, 1977

Pencil on paper

29x21 cm

Exhibition Catalogue

Fact Sheet: Manuel Pereira da Silva “Surroundings…”

Exhibition

Organization: Department of Culture of the Vila Nova de Gaia City Council, Teixeira Lopes House-Museum, Avintes Parish Council and Gaia Biological Park.

Exhibition Curator: Delfim Sousa.

 Assembly Project: Delfim Sousa and Pedro Nunes.

Technical Assembly Coordination: Laurinda Dias.

Assembly: Technical Team of Teixeira Lopes House-Museum.

Restoration: Daniela Prata.

Educational Service: Delfim Sousa.

Web Site: http://pereiradasilva.blogspot.com

Date: March 12 to April 23, 2011 at the Teixeira Lopes House-Museum and from June 23 to July 23, 2011 at the Gaia Biological Park.

Catalog

Texts: Delfim Sousa, Nuno Gomes Oliveira Pedro Nunes and Manuela Nunes.

Photograph: Lauren Maganette.

Design: Susana Leão Machado.

Graphic Execution: slmdesign.

Printing and Finishing: Grafislab.

Publication of Culture of the Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Teixeira Lopes House-Museum and Gaia Biological Park.

This exhibition is also a tribute to Manuel Pereira da Silva, here, in this room of Aureliano Lima, friend of Manuel Pereira da Silva, who helped Aureliano Lima a lot, namely by giving up his studio, Manuel Pereira da Silva also prolonged his teaching in his studio. , help mutual help between artists.

These moments of abstractionism here revealed in some sculptures in which I stress the way Manuel Pereira da Silva represents family, man, woman and children, through such beautiful geometric lines. Manuel Pereira da Silva's sculptures always start with drawings, which is the soul of the artist, usually sculptors always draw very well.

Manuel Pereira da Silva was also a great social intervener, was President of the Parish Council of Avintes, participated in the creation and directive structure of some Avintes Associations as well as contributed to his work by making statues, busts and medals for all the collectives of Avintes, his homeland, in a generous way.

Delfim Sousa Director of the Teixeira Lopes House Museum