{"title":"Luso-Geometry (1980-2014)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1494\"\u003eFrom 1980 to 2014, ESPIGA Pinto brought memory, history and geometry into a more rigorous symbolic order. The Luso-Geometric period includes works connected to his \u003cem\u003eMaps of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e, Camões and his epic poem \u003cem\u003eThe Lusiads\u003c\/em\u003e, Inês de Castro, the horse, the feminine figure and the signs and symbols of the Alentejo, forming a mature synthesis of the artist’s lifelong thread.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cosmic-pregnant-woman-with-ray-of-light-cosmica-gravida-dama-com-raio-de-luz","title":"Cosmic Pregnant-Woman with Ray of Light (Cósmica Grávida-Dama com Raio de Luz)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in 1987, \u003cem\u003eCosmic Pregnant-Woman with Ray of Light\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to a moment when ESPIGA Pinto returned to maternity as a theme, following the birth of his second child in the mid-1980s. The work brings this personal context into dialogue with some of the enduring ideas that shaped his oeuvre: the female figure, geometry, memory and the artist’s reflection on the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject connects closely with ideas ESPIGA Pinto expressed in his \u003cem\u003eInterview in Monologue\u003c\/em\u003e, where he spoke of the woman in relation to motherhood, transformation and the “source of life”, while also describing geometry as a structure present in the universe and in his own work. In this silkscreen print, maternity is therefore not treated only as an intimate subject, but as part of a broader symbolic language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work also reflects the continuity between ESPIGA Pinto’s earlier and later phases. The human form remains central, but it is organised through circular structure, light and sign. In this sense, \u003cem\u003eCosmic Pregnant-Woman with Ray of Light\u003c\/em\u003e offers a concise example of the mature development of an oeuvre in which lived memory, symbolic figures and geometric order are repeatedly brought into relation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: ESPIGA Pinto\u003cbr\u003eTitle: \u003cem\u003eCosmic Pregnant-Woman with Ray of Light (Cósmica Grávida-Dama com Raio de Luz)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate: 1987\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Silkscreen on paper\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 35 x 35 cm\u003cbr\u003eEdition: 1 of 99\u003cbr\u003eSigned, dated and numbered by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThe paper displays mild, scattered foxing, visible as small light-brown spots within the unprinted margins and most noticeable along the upper and side areas. The regular horizontal ribbing visible across the work is the paper’s inherent surface texture rather than a condition issue.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo tears, hard creases or surface skinning. The deliberately broken and textured passages within the composition are integral to the original printing process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe printed image presents particularly well, retaining strong colour, clear contrasts and a vivid overall presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis preliminary note does not replace a full physical condition report, available upon request.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFRAME NOT INCLUDED.\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-54304aff-7fff-6455-aa10-780d279b9845\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThis artwork is sold unframed. Bespoke framing options and framing advice are available. Please contact us. Any frame, mount or room setting shown in images is for illustrative purposes only. Please check the stated artwork dimensions before ordering.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ESPIGA Pinto - Official Artist Estate Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53612943835483,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1024\/1297\/6475\/files\/MOTHERHOOD-cropped.jpg?v=1785678810"},{"product_id":"horse-with-festive-arch-cavalo-com-arco-festivo","title":"Horse with Festive Arch (Cavalo com Arco Festivo)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eMade in 1995, \u003cem\u003eHorse with Festive Arch\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to ESPIGA Pinto’s mature phase, when imagery rooted in the Alentejo was revisted through geometry, chromatic intensity and symbolic structure.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe horse was one of ESPIGA’s most persistent figures. Recalling his childhood, he wrote: “I was born in a house where horses passed in front of my doorstep every day, where there were also stables.” He associated the animal with beauty, form and movement, describing his attraction to the “fabulous and vertiginous horse”. Here, it appears beneath a festive arch that recalls the village celebrations, popular decoration and communal rituals of his youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work reveals the continuity within ESPIGA Pinto’s \u003cem\u003eoevre\u003c\/em\u003e: rural memory is not left behind, but translated into a more synthetic visual language of circular movement, layered colour and geometric order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis impression is one of only twenty artist’s proofs, numbered VI\/XX.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: ESPIGA Pinto\u003cbr\u003eTitle: \u003cem\u003eHorse with Festive Arch (Cavalo com Arco Festivo)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate: 1995\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Silkscreen on paper\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 69 x 50 cm\u003cbr\u003eEdition: Artist's proof 6 of 20 \u003cbr\u003eInscription: P.A. VI \/ XX  \"Cavalo com Arco Festivo\"\u003cbr\u003eNumbered, signed and dated by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThe paper displays subtle tonal variation across the unprinted margins, which may be consistent with mild differential light exposure.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe printed area presents particularly well: the image remains clearly defined, with strong colour, rich tonal contrasts and no visible disruption to the printed surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis preliminary note does not replace a full physical condition report, available upon request.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFRAME NOT INCLUDED.\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-54304aff-7fff-6455-aa10-780d279b9845\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThis artwork is sold unframed. Bespoke framing options and framing advice are available. Please contact us. Any frame, mount or room setting shown in images is for illustrative purposes only. Please check the stated artwork dimensions before ordering.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ESPIGA Pinto - Official Artist Estate Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53612979618139,"sku":null,"price":575.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1024\/1297\/6475\/files\/HORSE-FESTIVE-ARCH.jpg?v=1785676457"},{"product_id":"head-of-a-woman-with-pearls-cabeca-de-mulher-com-perolas","title":"Head of a Woman with Pearls (Cabeça de Mulher com Pérolas)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eBy the mid-1990s, ESPIGA Pinto’s work had entered a period of particular public visibility and mature reflection. The decade brought major solo exhibitions, including his 50th solo exhibition, at the National Library, in 1994. \u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis silkscreen belongs to the wider atmosphere of ESPIGA’s work from the 1980s onwards, when his practice became increasingly introspective, symbolic and meditative. Earlier Alentejo motifs such as the horse, the wheel, the sun, the feminine figure and the artist’s long fascination with geometry became closely connected themes. They emerged as part of a more reflective system of signs: a personal visual language through which memory, origin, cosmology and cultural inheritance could be brought into relation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this context, \u003cem\u003eHead of a Woman with Pearls\u003c\/em\u003e can be read as a concentrated expression of that later sensibility. The female head, a recurring presence in ESPIGA’s imagination, is not presented as portraiture in the conventional sense. Instead, it appears as an emblem: inward-looking, frontal, almost icon-like, held within arcs, bands and rhythmic points that suggest both ornament and structure. The pearls, set along the sweeping upper form, become part of the work’s geometry, mediating between adornment, sign and structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe image carries the intimacy of a study while retaining the symbolic charge of ESPIGA’s larger 'Maps of Memory' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in 1994, the year of his 50th solo exhibition, this artist’s proof offers a quietly powerful point of entry into ESPIGA Pinto’s mature period: a moment when public acclaim and inward enquiry were not opposed, but deeply connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eArtist: ESPIGA Pinto\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTitle: \u003cem\u003eHead of a Woman with Pearls (Cabeça de Mulher com Pérolas)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate: 1994\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Silkscreen on paper\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 28.5 x 21.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEdition: Artist’s proof III\/XXV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSigned, numbered and dated by the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFRAME NOT INCLUDED.\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-54304aff-7fff-6455-aa10-780d279b9845\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThis artwork is sold unframed. 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