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CERAMIC PANEL BY MARIA MANUELA MADUREIRA ‘THE DREAM OF THE ARGONAUTS’
30 AUG 2024

The panel is a tribute to the Men of the Sea that the Nautical School has been training since 1924. It is expressed through an artistic and symbolic language, in the three figures towering over the sea - the background of the panel - being led to their destination by technique and its instruments, by the combination of efforts and will.     

On the left, the Man at the Helm guiding the ship on its course; on the right, the figures orientated with navigational instruments: the sextant and the charts. And because the means grow larger with the Men, the artist increased their size, confusing the instruments with the Men themselves. Thus, the Helm is integrated into the Helmsman, the Sextant and the Charts are confused with the Navigators, taking on their dimensions, gaining their characteristics.


Like the figure holding it, the chart only shows some of its main coordinates; and the Helm and Sextant take on the red colour of Men who want to overcome the adverse elements they face, shining here and there, uniting in effort, overcoming disintegration in the face of Duty. In this way, the figures represented (...) also stand firm on a dull sea, the multicoloured brown of everyday storms and hard work.                   

Translating this 'Sea', the base 'moves' throughout the day in the projection of the shadows, dynamising the whole, giving it different aspects depending on the time and state of day when it is looked at; cheerful and bright like the sun at times, gloomy and sad at other times, like life in the Sea.

This is the general idea expressed; its treatment is a result of the artist's type of language, the materials used and their technique, the conditions of the location and the decorative purpose of the work. 
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The panel is located in the main Atrium of the Infante D. Henrique Nautical College and measures 7 x 3 metres.

To the Students, the Teaching Staff, the Management and all those who work and will work at the Infante D. Henrique Nautical School Maria Manuela Madureira, 1972  

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