Lucas Arruda produces detailed and contemplative oil paintings that muddy the boundaries between memory and imagination. Instead of representing specific geographic locations, his expressive landscapes are born out of a particular state of mind, coming into fruition by converging memories of sites previously visited, vistas dreamed of, or perhaps seen in a film. As Arruda explains, rather than a real place, the idea of landscape serves as a structural foundation for his artwork. Part fiction, part reality, these dreamy paintings beckon viewer’s attention, with their cloudiness perhaps instigating recollections of their own. The fluid, amorphous style of Arruda’s brushstrokes echoes the watery worlds of painters such as Claude Monet or J.M. W. Turner, but Arruda’s chosen palette and selection of South American fauna places his work in a distinctly Brazilian context.

São Paulo

Coimbra Biennial

Coimbra

Mendes Wood Dm

Brussels

New York City

London

Herald St

Laurel Gitlen Gallery

Marlborough

Rio de Janeiro

Silvia Cintra + Box 4

Paris

David Zwirner

Cahiers d'Art

Mexico City

Lulu

Pivô Gallery

Berlin

Veneklasen/Werner

Basel

Fondation Beyeler

Beijing

X Museum

Amersfoort

Kunsthal Kade

Miami

Rubell Museum

Instituto Tomie Ohtake

Pinacoteca De São Paulo

Paço Das Artes

Buffalo

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Centre Pompidou

Los Angeles

J. Paul Getty Museum

Washington

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Ica Miami

The Hague

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Shanghai

Long Museum

Stockholm

Moderna Museet

Boston

Museum of Fine Arts

Pinault Collection

Rockbund Art Museum

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum

Tate

New Century Art Foundation

Centro Cultural Sao Paulo

Lucas Arruda

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