Pedro Cabrita Reis
Pedro Cabrita Reis 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 Reis’ 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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Aluminum, plywood, glass, mixed media on Cardboard, enamel on acrylic, and paper colour samples
29.53 x 33.46 in (75 x 85 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) -
Bronze and formwork (doka) pedestal
68.9 x 22.05 in (175 x 56 cm) -
Bronze and formwork (doka) pedestal
55.91 x 14.57 in (142 x 37 cm) -
Bronze and formwork (doka) pedestal
69.29 x 14.96 in (176 x 38 cm) -
Bronze and formwork (doka) pedestal
78.74 x 13.39 in (200 x 34 cm) -
Aluminum, plywood, glass, mixed media on Cardboard, enamel on acrylic
24.8 x 33.46 in (63 x 85 cm) -
aluminum and enamel on found table top, plastic lid, aluminum frame and plywood
61.42 x 49.61 in (156 x 126 cm) -
aluminum tube, LED
472.44 x 11.81 in (1200 x 30 cm) -
acrylic on raw canvas, double glass, aluminum
21.26 x 21.26 in (54 x 54 cm) -
aluminum, enamel on glass, found wooden door
51.57 x 30.71 in (131 x 78 cm) -
watercolor on paper
12.2 x 9.06 in (31 x 23 cm)