Juliao Sarmento

Rojo China, 202072 x 50.5cmPrice on Request

Details

MaterialGalleryLocation

silkscreen print, acrylic "gesso", graphite and water-based enamel on paperPilar CorriasLondon

Description

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This contemporary artwork features a stark contrast between the black-and-white hand-drawn sketch and the solid red background. The pencil sketch depicts a dynamic figure in motion, with fluid lines suggesting a sense of energy and movement. The overall composition creates a bold visual impact, blending representational and abstract elements. The artist's distinctive technique combines the immediacy of sketching with the graphic impact of the vibrant color field, suggesting a commentary on the relationship between the human form and abstraction. This piece likely reflects the artist's exploration of the intersection between figuration and modernist aesthetics. ...

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Artist

Juliao Sarmento

1948 , Portuguese

Born in Lisbon, Portugal. Worked in Estoril, Portugal. One of the most important artists of his generation, Sarmento exhibited extensively since the 1970s. Julião Sarmento drew upon themes of memory, sexuality, transgression, morality, and duality. He worked across different mediums (painting, collage, drawing, sculpture, performance, and film) to deploy a concise vocabulary of images. Sarmento studied Painting and Architecture at Escola Superior de Belas Artes in Lisbon where he received his MA in 1974. The richness and complexity of Sarmento’s work lies in its system of free-floating signifiers which migrate between works and across the boundaries of medium. The use or recurring motifs such as hand gestures, parts of bodies and architectural floor plans generate a free-play of unsettling associations that refuse to settleinto meaning. ...

Juliao Sarmento: Artworks

Juliao SarmentoJoven en pie, mesándose los cabellos (Red), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoJoven bañándose en una fuente observada por dos viejos (Orange), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoJoven estirándose la media (Yellow), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoPor descubrir el movimiento de la terra (Blue), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoLa resignación (Green), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoMujer desnuda con espejo (Miami Blue), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoTres lavanderas (Black), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoJoven barriendo (Carmine), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoLoco furioso (Gray), 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoRojo China, 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoRojo Carruajes, 2020Price on Request

Juliao SarmentoAmarillo Luminoso, 2020Price on Request

Gallery

Pilar Corrias

London, London

Pilar Corrias Gallery is a contemporary art gallery owned by Pilar Corrias. The 3,800 square foot gallery in London's Fitzrovia, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is made up of two exhibition spaces, located in the heart of London's West End. Pilar Corrias opened a second London gallery space at 2 Savile Row in July 2021, designed by London and Oslo-based architect firm Hesselbrand. Since its inception, the gallery has worked with emerging and established artists with the central aim of allowing their work to grow both in terms of production of new projects and the making of new exhibitions. Pilar Corrias now represents a total of thirty-two international artists, two-thirds of whom are female. ...