The Cultural Centre of Lagos welcomes fromn 21st October to 30th December the exhibitions "Travelling Plants: Colours and Flavours of the New World" and "Naturalia". The inaugurations take place on 21st between 18.00 and 20.00hrs.

"Travelling Plants: Colours and Flavours of the New World" recalls the passage of the 500 years from the death of Christopher Columbus, and aims to make known the changes brought by the discovery of America, in the landscape and in the eating habits and of consumption from Europe. The second exhibition entitled "Naturalia" brings together works by thirteen visual artists, namely: Alberto Carneiro, Alexandre Conefry, Catarina Leitão, Fernande Léger, Gabriela Albergaria, Jorge Guerra, João Queiroz, Pedro Calapez, Pedro Proença, Rui Vasconcelos, Lourdes Castro, Maria Beatriz and Valente Alves.

These artists are represented in the collection of the Centre of Modern Art - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, on the theme of vegetation, with a modern and contemporary artistic expression.

"The coincidence and semantic superimposition of the two, vegetation heritage and artistic expression, respond to the challenges whose particularity can be illustrated, with the facility of its "natural" evidence, through this collection of works", states Leonor Nazaré, who assured the commisariat of both  the exhibitions.

The shows are integrated in the "Festival of the Discoveries", starting on 21st October in Lagos.

source: regiao sul