“Evidence Given” is is the title of the exhibition by the Portuguese Screen Printing Center (CPS) that the Municipal Council of Oeiras presents to the public, from April 6th to June 2nd, 2013, at the Centro Cultural Palá cio do Egipto, located on Rua Álvaro António dos Santos, in Oeiras. The inauguration, for guests and Social Communication, takes place on April 5th, at 7pm.< /p>

Hundreds of works of art - screen prints, engravings, lithographs, photographs - leave the prestigious CPS Atelier every year. Since 1985, the year in which it carried out its first screen printing (Manuel Cargaleiro), the CPS has been proving itself with regard to sharing art, and in this exhibition he reveals the secrets and work behind his editions, presenting around 60 works by dozens of artists. Four new editions are presented at the event: it is the case of the two screen prints intervened by Sofia Areal, the screen print on mirrored PVC by Alexandra Mesquita and the woodcut by Pedro Calapez (images attached).

It is worth highlighting the unprecedented nature of one of the facets of this exhibition, which shows the various phases that an artistic screen printing project must go through, as well as the matrices of the engravings and lithographs of the works exposed (metal plates, linoleum and lithographic stones that give rise to the works). How many colors can a screen print have? É It is imperative to start from a painting to get to the painting. serigraphy? What is it? an engraving? What is it? a lithograph? These and other questions are elucidated in one of the exhibition sections and illustrated by a video from Atelier CPS that will be available throughout the exhibition. available for viewing. In view of the didactic sense, it is It is a recommended exhibition for parents and children.

«New approaches new directions», a central core of recent works demonstrates the creative potential inherent in graphic work techniques. Its selection was based on the appropriation and exploration of screen printing, lithography and engraving, taking the virtues of these techniques further. Artists with a strong reputation such as Cruzeiro Seixas or Pedro Calapez, or younger ones such as Gabriel Garcia or Alexandra Mesquita< /strong>, everyone went through the CPS Atelier with the aim of enhancing the instruments for the project. at your disposal. The result is a set of works that stands out for its bold creativity. Examples of this are the mutation of the engraving by Cristina Ataíde, the choice of unusual supports by Mónica de Miranda, Luis Feito and < strong>Miguel Chevalier or the direct intervention in each copy of Sofia Areal and Manuel D’Olivares, which make this nucleus of works , an excellent example of the creative capacity inherent to nature. contemporary graphic work.

«Journey through the creative process», another nucleus of a more didactic nature, takes us on a journey through the various methodologies used in the creation of the works of art that artists produce at the CPS Atelier. Sequential proofs and color tests, acetates and screen printing frames, selected woodcut matrices, linoleum and engraving on metal or lithographic stones, which are, as a whole, the roots of creating There are several works by prestigious artists such as David de Almeida, Jorge Martins, Marçal or Helena Abreu.

«Special editions» Completing the exhibition is a selected set of other editions that represent the editorial diversity of the CPS. Here we find artist's books and art albums in dialogue with poetry and a luxury edition of the Lusíadas composed of 14 screen prints by renowned artists: Pomar, Resende, Cesariny, Bual, Lima de Freitas, Fernando Lanhas, among others.