An exhibition entitled “Give Back the Blue to the Oceans” (把藍色歸還給海洋) by Portuguese artist Isabel Nunes is on display until February 13 at Albergue SCM’s gallery.
The event is co-hosted by the Albergue SCM and Arts Empowering Lab (AEL) and sponsored by the public Macau Foundation (FM).
SCM is the abbreviation of the Holy House of Mercy, Macau’s oldest charitable organisation.
According to a statement by the organisers, in her exhibition Nunes reflects on humanity’s biological and civilisational beginnings and its unpromising future if it continues to mistreat Mother Nature in general and the oceans in particular.
The exhibition consists of 19 artworks in different art mediums such as oils, acrylics, collages on wood, mixed media, and ink drawings.
Nunes points out in a separate statement that pollution is one of the problems that worry the world today, especially maritime pollution. Nunes underlines that one of her three sets of work started from the garbage in the seas and continued to the rebirth of the blue as a metaphor for cleaning of oceans.
She also emphasises that another part of the exhibition series entitled “Written in Colours” and a set of Chinese ink drawings show her affection for and connection to Macau.
Albergue SCM President Carlos Marreiros stresses in a statement that Albergue SCM is hosting the exhibition to mark the 22nd anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland as well as to celebrate the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) in 1999.
Nunes was born in Lisbon. Her works are part of private and public collections in Macau, Portugal, the UK, Finland, Germany, Italy, and Angola. Moreover, Nunes has held over 40 individual exhibitions.
The exhibition runs until February 13 at Gallery A2 of Albergue SCM at 8 Calçada da Igreja de São Lázaro. It opens daily from 12 noon to 8 p.m. except Mondays when it opens from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
As part of the COVID-19 preventive measures, visitors entering the gallery should wear a facemask, have their temperature checked and present a digital health code.
Photos: Camy Tam and Ula Cheang
