"Jose Freitas Cruz to Participate in 1st Montijo International Plastic Arts Biennial"
2008-08-14 until 2008-10-31
Municipal Gallery of Montijo
Montijo, , PT Portugal

Jose Freitas Cruz, Premiere Portfolio artist with absolutearts since 2001, has been selected by the jury to take part in the 1st Montijo International Biennial in the category of video with his 10 min work titled 'barca.borneo'. A jury selected the works and attributed the Acquisition Awards in the areas of Painting, Drawing, Photography, Installation and Video according to the contest regulation, attributing as well Honorific Awards to some works. The exhibition opened August 14, 2008 and continues until October 31 at Municipal Gallery of Montijo.

View Jose Freitas Cruz' portfolio of works and additional videos at http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/f/freitascruz/

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Jose Freitas Cruz Title: distant trees
Year Created: 2008
Medium: Mixed Media
Width: 100 cm
Height: 100 cm
Price: US$ 3500
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Acquisition Awards

Painting
Xenia Hausner
"All of Me"

Installation
Cristina Poppe
"O Caminho da Verdade"

Drawing
Ana Velez
"Pietra 59"

Video
Ruth Hutter
"Bad Artist / 1"

Photography
Conceição Abreu
"Attach # 1"

Public Exhibition of the chosen works and the Vespeira Awards Ceremony took place on 14th of August within the Biennial Space at the riverside area. This year, as was the custom with all previous Vespeira Awards, tribute will be paid to painter João Vieira in recognition of his merit. His show 'No Princípio Era O Verbo' will open to the public at the Municipal Gallery of Montijo.

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