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About "antes de subir à tona", by Cristina Robalo: to set the stage for a shipwreck, to know how to love the otherside of a portrait
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17 Apr 2026
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Maria Brás Ferreira
In antes de subir à tona—note the discretion, and the ethical-artistic principle that stands out here, inscribed in the lowercase letter that gives the exhibition its name, and positions itself as a fragment of a larger text— the artist Cristina Robalo draws in the open space between scientific language—in all that it holds of mystery and inquiry for her—for us—and the strangeness that poetic engagement with the world makes clear, as a matter of principle, which does not, of course, mean making it obvious.”
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Master's degree in Portuguese Studies from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with a thesis on Nuno Bragança. She is currently writing a doctoral thesis on Agustina Bessa-Luís and Manoel de Oliveira and melancholy. FCT scholarship holder, she has contributed to anthologies and has published poetry and essays in national and international magazines. She has published two books of poetry: “E o Coração de Soslaio a Todo o Custo” (2025) and “Penhasco” (2025). She is co-editor of Lote magazine. She writes literary criticism for the Observador newspaper.
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