PLATO

Évora
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PLATO is a multidisciplinary platform for creation, experimentation, and production dedicated to contemporary art. Previously typography and later a fish market, now as an art gallery, we propose a diversified curatorial program with focus on contemporary culture. PLATO acts both locally and globally, bringing together national and international artists and curators, both established and emerging, in constant dialogue with various audiences. The project started from the increasingly urgent need to decentralize the contemporary exhibition and art centers. Inserted in an urban territory in increasing transformation, PLATO introduces itself as an invitation for the confluence of different artistic practices.

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Artists at Swab:
Abel Mota, Eduardo António, Mariana Rebola, Teresa Arega, Tiago Rocha Costa

Gallery run by Diogo Ramalho

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MARIANA REBOLA

Occurrence (duel), 2024
Collage on paper, nielsen frame
40 x 27cm

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EDUARDO ANTÓNIO

Fantasma, 2023
Acrylic, oil on canvas
165 x 120cm

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TERESA AREGA

Leeve, 2024
Metal, rubber, graphite, acrylic plaster on paper and modeling paste
20 x 15 cm

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TIAGO ROCHA COSTA

Insect bunkers, 2022
Sand, ashes and pigment on cardboard and various modeling materials
15x50x35 cm / 30x58x40 cm / 30x58x50 cm (6kg each)

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ABEL MOTA

Lançar foguetes antes da festa, 2024
Oil on canvas
210 x 110cm

“Dionysia” was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, the god of festivity, insanity, ritual madness, ecstasy, and theater. For the 2024 edition of Swab, PLATO proposes a group show featuring different perspectives on deception. A contemporary Dionysian homage to Illusion. What we see is trompe’l’oeil, a farce at the center of a game of illusions. The selected artists are Abel Mota, Eduardo António, Mariana Rebola, Teresa Arega, and Tiago Rocha Costa.

Quote from David Lynch’s film ‘Mulholland Drive’ (2001)