Pedro Cabrita Reis
Cabrita is one of Portugal’s best known artists and his complex oeuvre includes very disparate media, from the painted over pencil and pastel drawings, the large scale painting, via sculptural works to site specific installations that can reach architectural dimensions. At the same time the individual media flow into one another in Cabrita’s work without losing their particular character. Sculptures become images; when hung on the window, paintings articulated as monochrome areas of colour can recall an archetypal element of architecture or develop sculptural qualities. And photographs that appear in the installations can open endless spaces of memory and reflection. If at all, ‘nature’ appears in his work in images such as these and then only in an extremely filtered way, as a space for thought. The loss of nature as a reference point could be described as a motivating force in Cabrita Reis’ work.
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glass, aluminium, found painted wood door frame
35.83 x 21.65 in (91 x 55 cm) -
mixed media
23.23 x 89.76 in (59 x 228 cm) -
mixed media
66.14 x 103.15 in (168 x 262 cm) -
oil colour on glass, enamel on found wood frame
40.16 x 34.25 in (102 x 87 cm) -
oil on canvas
36.22 x 28.74 in (92 x 73 cm) -
found shelves, electric cable
35.43 x 31.5 in (90 x 80 cm) -
oil on cardboard
13.39 x 15.75 in (34 x 40 cm)
EUR 15 000 -
found drawer, oil paint and wood
10.63 x 18.5 in (27 x 47 cm) -
found objects
37.01 x 7.87 in (94 x 20 cm) -
Bronze and formwork (doka) pedestal
55.91 x 14.57 in (142 x 37 cm) -
Aluminum, plywood, glass, mixed media on Cardboard, enamel on acrylic, pvc tube, two found lids
29.53 x 35.43 in (75 x 90 cm) -
aluminum and enamel on found table top, plastic lid, aluminum frame and plywood
61.42 x 49.61 in (156 x 126 cm)
