Mapa da Memória Inicial - Lisboa, Portugal
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Mapa da Memória Inicial is a work artist José Espiga Pinto.
Waymark Code: WMD86D
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/04/2011
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"Mapa da Memória Inicial" (Initial Memory Map) is a sculpture that was implanted at the entrance of the Marconi Portugal, Lisbon, now headquarters of the TMN. A piece of sculpture was an integral part of a larger group of artworks installed inside the building, where the balance between aesthetics and functionality designed were obtained by a team involving architects, sculptors and painters.
The inauguration of the building took place on 1 June 1992.Esta sculptural work is a brass work, built by Espiga Pinto. It is a piece of circular configuration and structure as solar, well integrated into the architecture of the building, despite being placed on the outside. This work was based on a strong symbolic geometry, which features the artist's style as a whole, creating "maps" of memory, past, present and future.
To Pinto, Geometry is a pillar for his work and simultaneously to both the universe as microcosm in the macrocosm. "The geometry is in us, in our gestures, our mind and architecture of the universe." Says the sculptor.
Adapted from Lisboa Patrimonio Cultural
Title: Mapa da Memória Iniciaç
Artist: José Espiga Pinto
Media (materials) used: Bronze
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Street (Avenida Alvaro Pais) in front of the Marconi Building
Date of creation or placement: 1992
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