Pedro Cabrita Reis (1956) is considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Portuguese contemporary art. His work became increasingly recognized internationally, thus becoming crucial and decisive for the understanding of sculpture from the mid-1980s onwards. His work encompasses a wide variety of media – installations, painting, sculpture, photography and drawing, which explore themes such as architecture, memory
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Pedro Cabrita Reis (1956) is considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Portuguese contemporary art. His work became increasingly recognized internationally, thus becoming crucial and decisive for the understanding of sculpture from the mid-1980s onwards. His work encompasses a wide variety of media – installations, painting, sculpture, photography and drawing, which explore themes such as architecture, memory and space, marked by a minimalist aesthetic and detailed technique, which allows him to capture the essence of places and situations. Using simple materials subjected to construction processes, Cabrita recycles almost anonymous reminiscences of primordial gestures and actions repeated in everyday life. Disconcerting in the word, he believes more in the power of intervention than in common sense as a permanent attitude. One of the most striking characteristics of Pedro Cabrita Reis' work is its versatility, especially when accompanied by an intense subversive and surprising capacity. If, on the one hand, he has the ability to build exemplary exhibitions in some of the best museums, he is also able to interact in a rigorous and intelligent way with non-institutional spaces. Pedro Cabrita Reis represented Portugal at the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale this year with the work “Field”, an unprecedented large sculpture designed for the Church of San Fantin. This is the fourth time that the Portuguese artist has participated in the Venice Biennale, in Italy, after having been present in the 1997, 2003 (year in which he represented Portugal) and 2013 editions.Pedro Cabrita Reis has participated in international exhibitions, such as Documenta IX and of Venice, in 2013 he presented “A Remote Whisper”, 55th Venice Biennale and participated in the Xème Biennale de Lyon, “The Spectacle of the Everyday”, Lyon, 2009.
