Emerging from Onun Trigueiros’ exploration of identity, memory, and the everyday realities that surround him, Pá Sempre draws on one of the defining elements of his visual language: the postage stamp. Rooted in old stamp collections, this format has become a framework through which Onun Trigueiros records the people, attitudes, and cultural references of his own time, while retaining the sense of nostalgia and timelessness that first attracted him to it.
Characteristic of Onun Trigueiros’ practice, painting, collage, and graphic language converge to transform contemporary figures into images that feel simultaneously immediate and preserved. Created in the context of Interferências at MAAT, the edition brings the visual culture of his surroundings into dialogue with an object belonging increasingly to another era. Balancing personal experience with collective memory, Pá Sempre reflects on representation as a way of giving permanence to people, gestures, and identities that might otherwise remain overlooked.
