O Grito de Abril — Murals of the Portuguese Revolution seen by Adélia da Fonseca-Riès
From 1974 to 1976, in Lisbon and throughout the country, the art of painting took over the walls. To launch a long cry, repeated a hundred times, a thousand times: “Freedom.” O Grito de Abril.
There are no traces left of the artistic gesture that covered the walls of Lisbon with dazzling frescoes. In a few years, time will have done its work of oblivion. The colors faded in the Portuguese sun and Atlantic rains.
The murals of the April Revolution are undoubtedly part of the intangible, historical, political, social, and artistic heritage of the Portuguese people. Fifty years after the “Hot Summer” of 1975, and thanks to Adélia’s steady gaze in the film, the street enters the museum.
Philippe Riès
Credits:
Curator: Philippe Riès
Exhibition design: Philippe Riès and Pedro Santos
Printing: Centro de Impressão da Foz – Porto
