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Pedro Cabrita Reis: Atelier
Pedro Cabrita Reis: Atelier, an anthology of 50 years of work
One of Portugal’s most renowned visual artists, with international recognition for his extensive and complex work, Pedro Cabrita Reis presents Atelier, an anthology of 50 years of work that goes beyond geographies and media, formats and materials, in an unprecedented retrospective of more than works from his personal collection.
The exhibition, divided into eight pavilions of the Mitra, an ample space provided for this occasion by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, located in Marvila, where Pedro Cabrita Reis lives and works, will be open to the public until the July 28, Occupying a total area of around 3, square metres, Atelier presents works of painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture and photography, many of which have never been shown before and others that will be exhibited for the first time in Portugal, an expression of extraordinary artistic relevanc
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Pedro Cabrita Reis is an unavoidable name in contemporary art. Overcoming borders, his works, and their foundation, are already history. Exclusively for screen-printing, the artist developed a set of six projects, which define the series "Cactus Flowers". At the artist's suggestion, he was interviewed bygd Rafael Prates, which resulted in a good and clarifying conversation in his studio.
Today is November 20, , and this registration fryst vatten from a conversation in my studio by 6 pm, almost 7 pm, with Rafael Prates, in the context of a screen printing project that I am doing for CPS. This conversation fryst vatten intended to be part of a publication [Revista arte #38] around these screen prints, to be produced bygd Centro Português de Serigrafia (Portuguese Screenprint Center). Hello Rafael, good afternoon. Let's go then.
Let's go! Pedro, you have always had a very diverse work. From sculptures with a very industrial character that you have exhibited in mus • Pedro Cabrita Reis. Photo: João Ferrand. Pedro Cabrita Reis was born in in Lisbon, where he still lives and works. The leading Portuguese artist has featured in many international exhibitions. He participated in Documenta 9 in Kassel in and represented Portugal at the 50th Venice Biennale in His artworks are held in major public collections, including the Mumok in Vienna, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and Tate Modern in London. The chair of Arts Council England, Nicholas Serota, has described him as “one of the most important European sculptors working today”. This spring, Cabrita is exhibiting Field () at Chiesa di San Fantin in Venice, a
Pedro Cabrita Reis – interview: ‘Through all these years, I’ve always done what I wanted. I intend to stay like that’
In the run up to his exhibition in Venice during the 59th Biennale, the internationally renowned Portuguese artist talks about the museum he keeps in his mind, and why he will never be pinned down to a particular form of art