This Sunday is Easter, an important moment in the Catholic and Jewish tradition, although they have different meanings for both. Jews celebrate the liberation of their people from Egypt, while Catholics remember Christ's suffering on the cross for the redemption of sins and his resurrection three days after his death. The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus it will have happened at the time of the celebration of the Jewish Passover, so both happen at the same time. Starting from five works present in the Marketplace of P55, we make a journey through the last moments of Jesus Christ.

The visual element of color is used to create the atmosphere of a work of art, as it stimulates our emotions and perceptions. Thus, they offer us disparate responses such as harmony or conflict, hot or cold, due to the combination of pigments: a blue can be warm or cold, depending on the composition (it may tend more towards yellow or green). This is a journey through the use of color, which starts at the beginning of the 19th century and stops at various times, up to the present day.

Plates, computer keyboards, bicycle tires are some of the objects chosen byBordalo II for the production of his works.The choice of these materials is Artur Bordalo's way of criticizing the way we live today. Waste, materialism, our own consumerism and the urgent need for sustainability are the themes addressed in their installations.

Luís Noronha da Costa (1942-2020) was a Portuguese artist, considered one of the most important representatives of Portuguese contemporary art of the 20th century. Learn more about the artist here.