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Base Beira



Makonde Ntaluma nasceu Na Base Beira a 1ª Base da Frente de Libertação de Moçambique em Nkandangue Nanhagaia, distrito de Nangade, província de Cabo Delgado, Moçambique. é o nome que atribui o meu atelier, por ter nascida nesse Base Militar. Em Lisboa na Calçada da Picheleira é uma réplica da Base Beira Original de Nangade.

Gonçalo Mabunda was born two years before the commencing of the bloody Mozambican civil war that divided the region for over 15 years and would forever shape his home country and artistic career. Drawing on his country's collective memory and political history, Mabunda works with deactivated weapons retrieved from this long and terrible war, such as rockets, land mines, AK47s, amongst other objects. He then transforms these weapons and war-related materials into furniture or sculptures of anthropomorphic forms, like masks or figures. These masks and figures, - created as an allusion to the local traditional African art and dances - assume a remarkable modernist aesthetic comparable to the images produced by Braque or Picasso.

Reinata Sadimba is a sculptor born in Mozambique, in 1945, celebrated globally for her significant contributions to the field of art. She grew up in Mueda, a traditional Makonde community, where the opportunity to engage in art was reserved for men. This artistic expression involved working with wood, particularly ebony. Ceramics were traditionally reserved for women, and their work primarily revolved around the production of objects for utilitarian and domestic use. Reinata broke that division in two significant ways: because she creates art, and because she does so using a material that is not conventionally considered for artistic purposes in her community. She mentions that a crucial turning point towards sculpture came from a dream she had.

Celestino Mudaulane (Moçambique, 1972) vive e trabalha em Moçambique. Licenciado em História pela Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, concluiu o nível médio em cerâmica em 1992 na Escola de Artes Visuais. Das exposições individuais destacam-se: 2008 Fundação Calouste Glubenkian; 2006, Instituto Camões, Moçambique; 2015, Expo Milão.

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