Rui Manuel de Carvalho e Vasconcelos Chafes: Sculptor of Minimalism and Memory Rui Chafes, born in Lisbon in 1966, stands as a prominent figure in contemporary Portuguese sculpture. His artistic journey began with formal training at the Faculdade de Belas Artes Lisboa in 1989, where he honed his skills before embarking on a transformative period of study at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany between 1990 and 1992 under the mentorship…