Howard Gardens Gallery wishes to thank Rogelio Vallejo and Hugh Adams for their unflagging dedication and passion in bringing the work of Jose dos Santos to the attention of a world-wide audience and for writing the text for this publication.We also acknowledge the crucial help of the Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies,University of Bristol; Cardiff School of Art & Design,University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and Jim Noble for his creative input and unfailing commitment to the project.Particular thanks must go to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for its generous grant-in-aid.

The authors would like to credit the many people who have helped this project in various ways: Dr. David Brookshaw, Head of Portuguese Studies, Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies in the University of Bristol and Dra. Madalena Pires,Lecturer in Portuguese in the same; Gill Hedley,Director of the Contemporary Art Society, London;Michel Nedjar, Marc Eager and Madeleine Lommel ofthe Collection de l'Aracine, Paris; Michel Thevoz,Director of the Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne;Stephen Farthing, artist and Ruskin Master of Fine Art in the University of Oxford; Brian Catling, artist and poet, Head of Sculpture, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in the University of Oxford; John Maizels,Editor of Raw Vision magazine and Mr. & Mrs.Barnaby Adams for allowing access to a key piece of dos Santos' work.

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