The highlight of this edition was the artists João Cassanda, who won the ENSA-ARTE 2024 Grand Prize in the Painting category, with the work entitled “Mumuíla Feliz”, worth 6 million kwanzas, and Virgílio Pinheiro with the work “Piéta Angolan”, in the Sculpture category, also worth 6 million kwanzas.
Leandro Marques, with the work “Untitled”, was placed second in the Painting category. Alone Lopes, in the Sculpture category, with the work “Mbaty, the Face of the Philosophy of the Fight Against Corruption” won second place.
The grand Youth Sculpture Prize went to artist Jelson Matias, with the work “Resilientes e Imprescindíveis como o Imbondeiro”.
Two works of Painting were also awarded in the Youth category, belonging to visual artists, Emerson Manuel, with the work “ Quando Parar ”, and Belmiro Pereira with the work “ Pensador ”.
The ENSA-ARTE Prize is recognized as the most prestigious award given to art makers in the Painting and Sculpture categories, with Cinema being included as a new category in this edition.
In addition to the big winners, ENSA also awarded artists from the other two categories: João Ngangula was the winner in the Cinema category – Filme Num Minuto – with the work “Marcas da Guerra”, and Vicente Manuel won the Alliance Française award with the film "Waste".
The award ceremony for the 17th edition took place at the Saydi Mingas Auditorium, at the Currency Museum (BNA), in Luanda, in the month in which the insurance company celebrates its 46th anniversary and "was marked by unique and inspiring moments, highlighting the diversity and talent of Angolan artists, from music, with the Camunga Symphony Orchestra, to the visual arts", says ENSA in a statement sent to VerAngola.
“We would like to express our deepest gratitude to our customers who, for trusting us, have been able to award this award every two years. It has been a great pride for ENSA Seguros de Angola to contribute to the encouragement, recognition and appreciation of artistic expression in our country over the last 30 years”, said Mário Mota Lemos, president of the Executive Board of ENSA Seguros.
The ENSA-ARTE Prize is a nationwide, biannual competition, aimed at young and renowned creators of works of painting and sculpture that highlight aesthetic trends in these two modalities.
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