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Graça Pereira Coutinho

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A Reading of Reality

The photographs of broken ceramics and residues depict the connection that the artist, who is rightly considered "conceptual" due to the importance of the mental aspect of her work, establishes with the world of human artifacts. These artifacts precisely convey the symbolic and poetic image of the place and role in the world of the "precarious man," evoking a famous title by André Malraux. This precariousness places the act of creation at the center of artistic creation, revealing its most unexpected aspects, helping us to make a new reading of reality and ourselves.

Maria João Fernandes - International Association of Art Critics (AICA)

Graça Pereira Coutinho

Born in Lisbon in 1949, he completed his sculpture course at ESBAL. In 1971, he went to study in London with the intention of pursuing a postgraduate degree at ST. Martins School of Art - he still lives in the same city today. In 1974, he received a scholarship from ILEA, London, and between 1975 and 1977, he was a scholar of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Among the numerous institutions where he has exhibited, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), Serralves Foundation (Porto), Caixa Geral de Depósitos (Lisbon), Osaka Museum of Contemporary Art (Japan), MAC (Badajoz), National Historical Museum (Rio de Janeiro), British Center (São Paulo), and Ecco Cultural Center (Brasília) stand out. He frequently exhibits in Portugal and abroad: Todd Gallery, London; Graça Fonseca Gallery, Lisbon; Cristina Guerra Gallery, Lisbon; Porta 33 Gallery, Funchal; João Esteves de Oliveira Gallery, Lisbon, among others. His work can be found in various private collections and in the collections of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, António Prates Foundation, PLMJ Foundation, Belém Museum of Contemporary Art, Brazil, Osaka Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Cultural Center of Belém, Lisbon, among others. We also highlight the award received by the artist at the Osaka Triennial, Japan in 1991.
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Additional information

Artist

Graça Pereira Coutinho

Color

Gray, Silver, White

Date

2016

Editor

Centro Português de Serigrafia

Format

Large

Image Size (in)

16.5 x 22 in

Total Size (in)

19.7 x 27.6 in

Orientation

Portrait

Paper

LS Premium Satin 260gr Paper

Print Run

30

Technique

Photography

Style

Abstract

Framed

No