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Established in 2010 and consolidated in its present form in 2013, Underdogs works with a diversified roster of Portuguese and international artists connected with the urban inspired contemporary art universe, fostering the development of close relationships between creators, the public, and the city with the aim of promoting art as an everyday experience.
Portal do Retorno (Portal of Return) is Dino D’Santiago’s first solo exhibition. Conceived as a visual ceremony of spiritual reparation, it draws on the memory of the transatlantic slave trade and the millions of African lives that were interrupted, erased, and denied ritual, mourning, and historical recognition.
Through drawings created using India ink on coloured paper and card, Dino D’Santiago proposes a symbolic inversion of the so-called “Doors of No Return” – not as a revisiting of pain, but as an affirmation of dignity, presence, and memory. The continuous, unbroken line takes on a political stance, refusing the silence imposed by historical violence, while colour asserts itself as a territory of power, plurality, and identity.
