143. JULIAO SARMENTO
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Parce
Que Rose, 2013
wood, marble, thermometer, cuttlefish bone, mirror, water-based enamel, acrylic overall: (103.5 x 80 x 49 cm) |
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Little
Easy, 2014
mixed media (207 x 81 x 61 cm) |
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Little
Easy, 2014
mixed media (207 x 81 x 61 cm) |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
in 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Nowadays:
Lives and works in Portugal
Studies:
From 1967-1970 he studied painting and architecture at the
Escola Superior de Belas Artes, Lisbon, where he also received his Master's
degree in 1976.
Themes and
style:
Sarmento has developed a multi-media
visual language, combining film, video, sound, painting, sculpture and
installations. Sarmento's work often deals with issues of complex interpersonal
relationships; it has consistently utilized themes such as psychological
interaction, sensuality, voyeurism and transgression.
Sarmento is
well-known for his thickly impastoed, textured paintings where the paint field
forms a ground from which he teases out his imagery in graphite, reversing the
traditional basis of painting. His imagery is often partially or fully erased.
He then draws on top of the erasure, creating fragmented and layered forms,
which evoke disconcerting, mysterious gestures and relationships.
Techniques:
Is
developed in paintings, sculpture, video, performance and photography.
Exhibitions
Sarmento has exhibited extensively worldwide since 1979. He
has been included in two Documentas and has represented Portugal in two Venice
Biennales. His work is represented in public and private collections worldwide
such as: the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the
Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris, France; the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland; the
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; and the Museo de Arte Carrillo
Gil, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Representative
Galleries:
Sean Kelly
Cristina Guerra
Galeria Fortes Vilaça
In
his own words:
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more Information: