The "Quarentena" exhibition by Carlos Morais José concludes on September 12, 2026, at 4:30 PM, at the Lower Gallery of Casa Garden — Fundação Oriente, in Macau. The closing session, designated finissage, will include a final conversation with the author, offering visitors the last opportunity to explore the exhibition and to engage directly with the creator.
The exhibition presents paintings inspired by the poetry of Carlos Morais José, exploring the relationship between poem and painting as distinct but capable of sharing the same space of tension. The pictorial matter does not appear as a simple illustration of the word, but as another possibility of listening, questioning, and transforming poetry through image.
The title "Quarentena" carries strong symbolism, evoking suspension, retreat, distance, waiting, and passage. In a context where the collective experience of separation remains in recent memory, the term gains a dimension that goes beyond the immediate reference and invites a broader reading about isolation and the transformation of the gaze.
Casa Garden, a space of recognized cultural importance in Macau linked to Fundação Oriente, hosts this final encounter as the closing point of a path that crosses literary creation, painting, and reflection. The article is authored by Fernando Jesus Pires, journalist and director of the independent newspaper OREGIÕES.
