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Artist Andreia Santana creates tin sculptures in Viseu using artisanal technique at risk of extinction

Jornal do Centro28 August 2026 at 15:57

Artist Andreia Santana is developing new tin sculptures in Viseu, using artisanal techniques certified at Eurostano, one of the few workshops still preserving this practice. The work takes place as part of an artistic residency that will culminate in the exhibition "Vestígios Somáticos," promoted by VNBM – Contemporary Art, whose opening is scheduled for September 12, at 5:00 PM, at Quinta da Cruz – Contemporary Art.

The artistic residency, which runs until September 12, includes collaboration with the Museu do Grão Vasco and local artists. Andreia Santana studied the collection of reliquaries in Viseu, with particular attention to the origin and preservation of these wooden objects, which have oval cavities protected by glass intended to store relics and bone fragments.

The work developed at Eurostano establishes a dialogue between contemporary creation and a regional know-how considered at risk of disappearing. The exhibition will present a series of new sculptures produced through certified traditional techniques, including tin casting and the "Tibaldinho" embroidery.

Born in Lisbon in 1991, Andreia Santana develops an artistic practice centered on the intersection between archaeology and contemporary material culture, exploring the performative dimension of materials and their relationships with the body from an intersectional feminist perspective. VNBM – Venha a Nós a Boa Morte – Contemporary Art is a project of Pausa Possível – Cultural and Development Association, based in Viseu, with support from the Directorate-General for Arts and the Municipality of Viseu.

A artista Andreia Santana está a desenvolver em Viseu novas esculturas em estanho, recorrendo a técnicas artesanais certificadas numa das poucas oficinas que ainda preservam esta prática, a Eurostano, no âmbito de uma residência artística que culminará numa exposição em setembro – “Vestígios Somáticos” – promovida pela VNBM – Arte Contemporânea.

A residência artística decorre até 12 de setembro e inclui uma colaboração com o Museu do Grão Vasco e artistas locais, tendo Andreia Santana estudado a coleção de relicários existente em Viseu, com particular atenção à origem e preservação destes objetos de madeira, que possuem cavidades ovais protegidas por vidro destinadas a guardar relíquias e fragmentos ósseos.

O trabalho desenvolvido na Eurostano estabelece um diálogo entre a criação contemporânea e um saber-fazer regional considerado em risco de desaparecer, através da utilização de técnicas tradicionais de produção de peças em estanho.

Natural de Lisboa, onde nasceu em 1991, Andreia Santana desenvolve uma prática artística centrada na interseção entre a arqueologia e a cultura material contemporânea, explorando a dimensão performativa dos materiais e as suas relações com o corpo a partir de uma perspetiva feminista interseccional.

A exposição “Vestígios Somáticos” apresentará uma série de novas esculturas produzidas através de técnicas tradicionais certificadas a nível regional, entre as quais a fundição de estanho e o bordado “Tibaldinho”.

A mostra assinala também a abertura do novo espaço da VNBM na Quinta da Cruz – Arte Contemporânea, em Viseu, estando a inauguração marcada para 12 de setembro, pelas 17h00.

A VNBM – Venha a Nós a Boa Morte – Arte Contemporânea é um projeto de programação de artes visuais da Pausa Possível – Associação Cultural e de Desenvolvimento, sediada em Viseu, que promove residências artísticas, exposições e atividades de mediação cultural que cruzam a criação contemporânea com o património local.

O projeto conta com o apoio da Direção-Geral das Artes e da Câmara Municipal de Viseu.

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