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With his Manifesto 24, Manuel Carmo (Lisbon, Portugal, 1958) brings to New York his first exhibition of a mature work and a personal concept of the art work. Manuel Carmo is a remarkable contemporary artist with a strong impact in Portugal, the country in which he was born and where he was educated. His background includes law, international relations, arts management and art education. He carries a strong humanistic content in his work with a creative edge that involves the use of methods and tools derived from the phenomenological analysis.

This exhibition consists of written word, 24 acrylic paintings, two large sculpture canvasses and two videos. The paintings are exhibited over two sculptures of gigantic watches. Then they reappear hung on the walls of two tunnels, a white one and a black one, with video projections. The text of the Manifesto is displayed on the floor, allowing the visitors to step over it and read it.

The Angel Orensanz Foundation lends perfectly a stark contrast and at the same time a context of time and space that set Manuel Carmo’s art work into a time and space well related by history and design to the Hegelian notions of time perception and historical evolution.

This show comes accompanied by a catalogue on the Manifesto 24, reproducing the text, the sculptures, the paintings and the videos.

The opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2006 from 7 to 9 PM.

The exhibition opens on March 23 and lasts until April 23, 2006. Hours are Monday through Friday from 11 AM to 6 PM. It is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. efreshments will be served.