Contemporary Art < Back PEDRO CALAPEZ Lisboa, 1953 Pedro Calapez (b. 1953) on being an artist : " Art is something that may bring you strange doubts. you have doubts about what it is; you might not even know what it is. in reality, anything can be art: it depends on our attitude towards certain objects or doing certain things. i think it is necessary to have a special talent, not in the sense of something that only a few possess but something that could be awake in each one of us and that begins with the realization that we have capacities that allow us to feel and understand, on different levels, the small things we do or see and that are all around us. My work neither explains nor solves society’s needs and problems. visual force is very important in my painting and through drawing and painting, the aim is to take something from what surrounds us for ourselves. but this appropriation of the other, of that which is outside us, is a capacity we all have. we just have to put it into action. we don’t need to be painters or writers. it’s just a question of talking, talking to each other. this is the talent that awakens our capacity not to remain secluded from the world around us. I make paintings, objects. i make them firstly for me. i make them because i like to. i make them because i want to reveal the small things i observe. i get enthusiastic about the small things i see in nature or about a drop of paint falling on a piece of paper. the most important thing is the possibility of doing what i like, having the possibility of looking at and understanding my relationship with myself and others . " “Um corpo entre outros 30”, 2020 From the series “Um corpo entre outros” Mixed media on museum card H 152 x W 102 cm "Um corpo entre outros 23", 2020 Mixed mid on acid free paper 460gsm (approx.) Arches H 152 x L 102 cm "Um corpo entre outros 48”, 2020 Mixed mid on acid free paper 460gsm (approx.) H 152 x L 102 cm

Exhibitions Archive < Back QUEBRANDO BARREIRAS — “POSTMODERN” FURNITURE Fernando Pinto Coelho OPENING 19 de set. de 2018 CLOSING 19 de out. de 2018 Exhibition in the context of the ninth edition of Bairro das Artes where we presented a set of “post-modern” furniture designed in 1980 by Architect Fernando Pinto Coelho. «Galeria Bessa Pereira - Fine Arts & Furniture presents a selection of pieces of furniture, designed by the architect Fernando Pinto Coelho, under the title “Quebrando Barreiras”. Fernando Pinto Coelho (Coimbra, 1951) is a multifaceted personality who has developed throughout his life a series of collaborations and activities very close to the sphere of art, without losing sight of architecture. Collaborated with the Academic Association of Coimbra and with the Circle of Plastic Arts of Coimbra (CAPC); worked in the Design Office of Architect João Baptista in the 1970/71 biennium, as well as in the SAAL project, with interventions in the public space. In the same decade, he was part of the Puzzle Group which developed, in an activist way, interventions, plastic art exhibitions and performances between 1976 and 1981. These dates are important because, on the one hand, they frame a new political phase of freedom and democracy that Portugal he lived after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, a time when Portuguese society was beginning a definitive change in interest and access to culture and the visual arts. Let us remember the year 1977 with the historic exhibition Alternative 0, at the Galeria de Arte Moderna, in Belém, and at the Quadrum Gallery, also in Lisbon, the performance “Rotura” by Ana Hatherly. On the other hand, 1981 is the year in which the Puzzle Group dissolves, if we can say so, and it is coincidentally the date on which the pieces now on display were created by Fernando Pinto Coelho. The exhibition's title, “Quebrando Barreiras”, evokes the motto of Postmodernism in its critique of Modern Architecture, that is, to overcome established models and canons, in a radical attitude that opened new fields for the appearance of other formal and pictorial strategies that they envisaged another aesthetic order and another way of using it, more playful, as if each element of everyday life was a piece of a game, or an endless puzzle. This transformation proved to be more eclectic, with a palette of colors and a formal construction that announced a kind of new futurism, which, while not being held hostage by the functionality of the object of use, did not depart from it, but expressed an artistic and transforming act, electrifying, hybrid, idiosyncratic, and thus iconic. The exhibits were designed specifically for a private home located in São Martinho do Campo, in the north of Portugal; it was the beginning of the 1980s, a time when Portuguese society was approaching Europe, and this exhibition places in the same wake of a challenge to the current rules and barriers of that time and cultural cosmopolitanism, recently arrived at the spirit of freedom and the mess of the established certainties. At the international level, another equally provocative architect, designer and philosopher must be mentioned here as an important agent of this transmutation movement: Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), member of the Memphis Group, a design collective based in Milan. , the different areas and currents of contemporary culture began to intersect and integrate other forms of artistic expression, such as the Memphis designation, appropriate to a Bob Dylan song, "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again". This permeability to different contexts is present in the design pieces of this post-modernist period, in which objects took on a sculptural form and were covered by a range of colors that we can associate with painting. In a way, it is as if the spirit of the Pop Art movement has transformed our functional and everyday imagery, opening up another field of possibilities, sometimes strident, but certainly challenging in our relationship with architecture and design. The pieces designed by Fernando Pinto Coelho emerge from this close relationship between the projectual dimension and the manuality of artistic making, between the logic of the game, what is playful, and the possibility of changing the aesthetic and functional perception of an object and the space it it determines, as an act of freedom and experimentation in which an idea, or a drawing, is embodied in a chair, on a table, or even, for example, on a floor. It is as if we were entering a graphic or pictorial image, in the dimensions that the body requires to exist in space, but with other aesthetic coordinates that sensorially alter our relationship with it. » João Silvério Informative triptych (pt download) Previous Next

Naturalia < Back SCYPHOCRINITES Scyphocrinites sp. Silurian period, circa 430 million years Origin: Marocco 25,0cm (H) x 21,5cm (W) x 2cm (D)

Modern Art < Back WOLF VOSTELL Untitled 1985 Mixed Media on Cardboard 73 x 101 cm

Exhibitions Archive < Back THE ART OF LIVING WITH ART OPENING 25 de jun. de 2020 CLOSING 31 de dez. de 2020 We have challenged ourselves to break the epochal and stylistic barriers, focusing on the intrinsic beauty of each of the pieces presented and looking to create a scenario of tranquility in which art is the vital and recreational element, creating amongst us a constant source of inspiration. Each pick is the result of a fine line of passion, holding us inescapably to the chosen object, which at times is a fruitful and unexpected encounter and in others a result of a long and persistent search. In this ephemeral architecture, we have aimed to recreate our universe, our passion for form, design, material and for the relations that establish between a piece and its surroundings. The selection of each piece, the search for its place, the readings provided by different angles, the various possible lightings, the dialogues established in-between the objects, the hunt for the final coherent composition, all of this composes our intimacy, constituting an integral part of what we call well-being. Previous Next

Contemporary Art < Back PAULO QUINTAS Ericeira, 1966 Born in Ericeira, in 1966. Lives and works in Santa Rita, Torres Vedras. Attends the PhD in Painting course at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (2009); Post-graduation in Painting by the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (2005); Degree in Painting by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (1997). Participates in individual and collective exhibitions, at home and abroad, since 1990. He is represented in the following collections: BANIF MAIS, Lisbon, Luso-American Foundation for Development, Lisbon; PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon; Culturgest - Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon; Ar.Co - Art and Visual Communication Center, Lisbon; ANACOM - National Communications Authority, Lisbon; Private collections in Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. «Since the end of the eighties, he has been developing a solid and radically individual artistic path, impervious to diaphanous fashions or trends and perhaps that is why his work has not had the deserved visibility.» [Isabel Carlos] vera cruz n.º10, 2016/2019 Oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm Not that yellow, Vincent III, 2010 Oil on canvas 160 x 140 cm Not that yellow, Vincent IV, 2010 Oil on canvas 160 x 140 cm Not that yellow, Vincent XI, 2010 Oil on canvas 130 x 130 cm Untitled III, 1994 Acrylic on plastic sleeve on canvas 140 x 180 cm O meu peso, 2006 Water color on paper on wood I acrylic box 56 X 56 cm Untitled IV, 1994 Acrylic on plastic sleeve on canvas 140 x 180 cm

Modern Design < Back CANSADO BENCH, 1958 to mid 60's Charlotte Perriand Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D) Charlotte Perriand, Cansado bench, 1958 to mid 60's Manufactured by Steph Simon, France, 1958 to mid 60’s Thirteen mahogany slats on a black lacquered metal frame Provenance: Cansado, Mauritania Origin: France 24cm (H) x 190cm (W) x 70cm (D)

Modern Art < Back CARLA ACCARDI Untitled Marker on Card 22 x 32 cm Signed on lower right

Miscellaneous < Back PRE COLUMBIAN VASE, 100-800 AD Pre-Columbian vase Origin: Mochica culture Peru Between 100 and 800 AD Ceramic H 20 cm x W 18 cm x D 18 cm

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