2023-05-18 08:17:22
The Würth Collection contains around 300 works by Jose de Guimaraes, including the “African Alphabet”, which consists of 132 symbolic figures and is considered the artist’s key work. It can be seen in its entirety in the exhibition in the Art Room Würth Austria in Böheimkirchen. Another focus of the exhibition is on the pictures from the Mexico series created in the 1990s.
Elisabeth Kreuzhuber, the curator of the exhibition: “The work of Jose de Guimaraes shows a profound examination of his own culture and that of other peoples, whose visual communication he studies in order to incorporate it into his work. In addition to Africa, it is the cultures of Mexico and Asia, especially those of China and Japan, that inspire him to create large groups of works.”
An artist yet to be discovered in Austria
Jose de Guimaraes, born Jose Maria Fernandes Marques in Guimaraes in 1939, took the name of his native city at the beginning of his artistic career. “Highly esteemed internationally, Guimaraes is an outstanding personality in contemporary Portuguese art that has yet to be discovered in this country,” says Kreuzhuber.
In addition to his technical studies, Guimaraes also takes painting and drawing classes. In 1967 he had to go to the former Portuguese colony of Angola during his military service. According to Würth’s website regarding the artist, the intensive contact with the African culture, which was shaped by oral tradition, was decisive for the young artist’s entire later work.
Photo series with 6 pictures
Art as an expression of lived corporate culture
“Art and culture are inseparable from the Würth Group. Their strong presence and diverse activities are an expression of the corporate culture that is lived,” says the Würth Austria website. The centerpiece is the Würth Collection, which the entrepreneur Reinhold Würth put together over 60 years. The collection includes around 20,000 works, from the late Middle Ages to the modern and contemporary, mainly paintings and sculptures. The company’s website states that it is one of the most important private art collections in Europe.
exhibition notice
“Welcome Futur!”, until March 30, 2024, Art Room Würth Austria in Böheimkirchen, Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Art Room Würth Austria at the company headquarters in Böheimkirchen is one of ten art branches of the Würth Group in Europe. The Art Room Würth Austria hosts exhibitions from the Würth Collection that change every year and are open to the public.
According to its own description, Würth is a specialist in the trade in assembly and fastening material for professional use. The product range includes more than 120,000 items: from screws, screw accessories and dowels to tools, chemical-technical products and occupational safety. Customers include craft and industrial companies. Würth Austria was founded in 1962 and in 1999 the company headquarters were relocated to Böheimkirchen. The company employs almost 1,000 people and achieved sales of 297.1 million euros in 2022.
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