Paulo Reis Residency

February / 2011

Mauro Cerqueira

born in Guimarães, Portugal, 1982

lives and works in Porto, Portugal

Representative of the new generation of portuguese  artists ,he works with sculpture , installation and situations that define an artistic project that comments violence and social conformity.

During the residency period, the artist produced a body of works that were presented at the exhibition "Sem Pé" in February 2011 at  Casa Triangulo Gallery.

Presented together, the works of Mauro Cerqueira  and Nuno Sousa Vieira reveal some common characteristics and issues, even starting from very different assumptions and procedures. They concern the artistic, architectural and industrial production, and particularly the overproduction, with attendees and performers in this production (such as the gallery´s visitor, the worker or the inhabitant of the city) and especially with the abandonment and obsolescence that are condemned certain structures and professionals, their works reveal and exploit the tension, fragility and precariousness of the current society.

Mauro Cerqueira

One of the works made by the artist during his residence in the Projeto Fidalga

general view of the exhibition Sem Pé, Galeria Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Exhibition held with works produced by Mauro Cerqueira, in partnership with the artist Nuno Sousa Vieira, during his residence in the Projeto Fidalga

photo: Edouard Fraipont

general view of the exhibition Sem Pé, Galeria Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil

photo: Edouard Fraipont