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1934 Lisbon, Portugal - 2018 Sintra, Portugal. Known for: Performance art using photography and body paint.
Artist of the week 59: Helena Almeida, The Guardian, October 7, 2009. The Portuguese artist Helena Almeida is a riddle of contradictions. She is not a photographer, yet the vast majority of her work... Read full biography
Artist of the week 59: Helena Almeida, The Guardian, October 7, 2009. The Portuguese artist Helena Almeida is a riddle of contradictions. She is not a photographer, yet the vast majority of her work is in black-and-white photography. She does not make self-portraits, but nearly all of her artworks... Read full biography
Artist of the week 59: Helena Almeida, The Guardian, October 7, 2009. The Portuguese artist Helena Almeida is a riddle of contradictions. She is not a photographer, yet the vast majority of her work is in black-and-white photography. She does not make self-portraits, but nearly all of her artworks depict the artist over her 40-year career. She uses a particular shade of blue, not unlike the famous Yves Klein Blue, yet refutes any similarities or references to the late French actionist. It is... Read full biography
Artist of the week 59: Helena Almeida, The Guardian, October 7, 2009. The Portuguese artist Helena Almeida is a riddle of contradictions. She is not a photographer, yet the vast majority of her work is in black-and-white photography. She does not make self-portraits, but nearly all of her artworks depict the artist over her 40-year career. She uses a particular shade of blue, not unlike the famous Yves Klein Blue, yet refutes any similarities or references to the late French actionist. It is enough to drive the most open-minded critic back to the history books in a frenzy of re-examination. Yet Almeida's position is not born out of perversity. She emerged on to the Portuguese art scene in the early 1960s after having studied painting at... Read full biography
Artist of the week 59: Helena Almeida, The Guardian, October 7, 2009. The Portuguese artist Helena Almeida is a riddle of contradictions. She is not a photographer, yet the vast majority of her work is in black-and-white photography. She does not make self-portraits, but nearly all of her artworks depict the artist over her 40-year career. She uses a particular shade of blue, not unlike the famous Yves Klein Blue, yet refutes any similarities or references to the late French actionist. It is enough to drive the most open-minded critic back to the history books in a frenzy of re-examination. Yet Almeida's position is not born out of perversity. She emerged on to the Portuguese art scene in the early 1960s after having studied painting at the University of Fine Art in Lisbon. Like many of her contemporaries, Almeida was inspired by the neo-concrete movement gathering mo... Read full biography
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Artist of the week 59: Helena Almeida, The Guardian, October 7, 2009
The Portuguese artist Helena Almeida is a riddle of contradictions. She is not a photographer, yet the vast majority of her work is in black-and-white photography. She does not make self-portraits, but nearly all of her artworks depict the artist over her 40-year career. She uses a particular shade of blue, not unlike the famous Yves Klein Blue, yet refutes any similarities or references to the late French actionist. It is enough to drive the most open-minded critic back to the history books in a frenzy of re-examination. Yet Almeida's position is not born out of perversity.
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