No Sendas

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A comprehensive edition of the artist's work of the last ten years, with a special focus on the assemblage works namely the Crystal Girls series. The essay by Joo Silverio will have as its guiding line the Lisbon studio where the artist has been working for more than twenty years, with a biographical preamble. No Sendas was born in Brussels, 1972, lives and works in Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon. Sendas began presenting his work in the late Nineties. Explicit and implicit references to artists and literary, cinematic or musical creations are part of his raw materials. Specific concerns about the reflection and practise of visual arts can also be added to his repertoire. These include: the body, as an entity that is simultaneously theoretical and material; the observer's perception mechanisms; or the discursive potential of exhibition methods. His notable Crystal Girls deconstructs film stills from Hollywood golden age, eliminating faces, limbs and settings, creating enigmatic sophisticated still lives.His work is represented in many public and private collections in North and South America and Europe.

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Joo Silverio, writer and curator, holds a Master's Degree in Curatorial Studies from the Fine Arts Faculty of Universidade de Lisbon. Created the independent project EMPTY CUBE in October 2007. He was President of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Portuguese section between 2013-2015. He works as invited curator for the Contemporary Art Collection of PLMJ Foundation. Jean Wainwright is an art historian, critic, curator and Andy Warhol scholar living in London. Stephan Klee is a German art curator and manager for art associations and galleries in Berlin.