Jeu de Paume

Vasco Araújo

21 Oct 2008 - 04 Jan 2009

© Vasco Araújo
Eco, 2008
Courtesy Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbonne
VASCO ARAÚJO
"Eco"

from 21 October 2008 until 04 January 2009

Exhibition curated by: María Inés Rodríguez

Vasco Araújo (born Lisbon, 1975) — explores the identity and complexity of personality by means of disguise, narrative and language. The artist, who is also an opera singer, explores the social dimension of seduction and eroticism and their power games. Drawing frequently on literature ( Restif de la Bretonne, Shakespeare, etc.) and opera (Mozart, Puccini, Wagner), his work is above all a meditation on art as a critical reflection on society but also as a privilege locus for the relations between truth and artifice.

with the support of:
— the Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques
— the Direcção-Geral das Artes, Ministério da Cultura, Portugal
— the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
— the Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
— the Instituto Camões, Portugal

In collaboration with the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris.
and in partnership with Art Press, mouvement.net and Oui FM
 

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