Series proposal title: URBAN SOLDIERS

Introduction and objective:
Across Africa today, the arts provide a spectacle of
surprising creative fervor, accompanied by stunning diversity in all
social strata. For centuries, artistic productions have reflected on the
histories, cultures and experiences of peoples, ethnicities, tribes, thus raising social issues
broad spectrum.
In the Angolan context, the Civil War (1975 - 2002) became a topic of
inspiration of a generation of artists concerned with investigating, portraying and elucidating,
not only the reasons for the conflict, but the social, economic,
psychological problems and the paths taken by the victims to overcome the traumas left
by the conflict. It is in this context that a significant portion of my works is inserted.
As metaphors for life, the characters in the paintings represent the reality of a
marginalized and marked by war and social group; despite this, they seek ways of
survive in a deeply unequal society. In this sense, the screens look at
country's history based on the perspective of those who are made invisible.
The idea of ​​a constant search to overcome the traumas of the Civil War and the
everyday challenges does not depend on the age or sex of the victims, considering that these
issues affect all ages and genders, especially those who have experienced the
conflict period.