Margarida Alfacinha
Portugal, 1975
This work is the path of a voice that was silence, silent in time, traced in space, printed on canvas and paper. It is the voice that rebels against the silenced word. The drawn word, the line, the tear and the cry are mixed, confused, merged.
It is the woman who says, who speaks, who suffers, who is silent. It is the woman who fights and contributes. It is the path of time that is past, made present, that finally expresses itself and speaks, that is never silent again.
Margarida Alfacinha traced a route made up of bending, curving and stumbling. Path of truth, of revolt, of the struggle to be a woman, mother and artist.
This voice is the place of freedom to be, to feel and exist, woman.
Margarida Alfacinha is a plastic artist, professional and mother of three children, graduated in Visual Communication Design from I.A.D.E. and took several courses in Painting and Aesthetics at the National Society of Fine Arts. She has exhibited since 1993 and is represented in private and public collections. The artistic work of Margarida Alfacinha often assumes a spirit of citizen, civic and community intervention, as in the project «375 Desenhos», or the collaboration with Casa da Achada, the project Avenida Intendente or Mercado P’la Arte – Plataforma Cívica para dar lugar à Arte.