Blurt

Antonio Sena proceeded to an early career reorientation. Indeed, after enrolling at the Instituto Superior Técnico and the Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon, he abandons the scientific path to learn engraving at the Cooperative Society of Portuguese Engravers. Reassured in his choice by a couple of successful solo exhibitions, he moved to London in 1964 and studies at the St Martin School of Art (1965–1966), spending the following decade working in the English capital. Possessing Pop Art accents at its genesis, Sena’s work has evolved towards conscious abstract chromatic experimentations that call onto semiotics and mathematics to create a complex vernacular of lines and symbols. Blurt, which illustrates this intimate language, has a timeless aura, like that of an excavated artefact featuring engravings or graffiti.