We are pleased to announce the commercial representation of the artist Arthur Palhano.
Born in Rio de Janeiro and based in São Paulo, Palhano examines the complex relationship between action and gesture in the context of painting, revealing its multiple historical layers through scraping. Both the gesture and the tools chosen to represent his poetic imagery require a dispute between what is presented as the front and back of the painting, so that they are negotiated as their depths are excavated.
His production is intimately related to the desire to expand, reveal and investigate these multiple layers – material and historical – involved in an artistic process that endorses, above all, an economy of matter, in which everything counts. By embracing these aesthetic procedures, the pictorial physicality reveals a conceptual structure that blurs the boundaries between the tangible and the intangible.
By announcing Palhano’s representation, we strengthen a partnership that started earlier this year – as a guest artist, he participated in the first edition of the Verão na Vila program, with the solo show Dogma, curated by Clarissa Diniz.
Recent solo shows also include: Doce Bálsamo, curated by Eduarda Freire, Espaço Oásis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2022) and Terraço Coberto, curated by Lucas Albuquerque, artist’s house in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021). Recent group shows include: Caixa-valise, Ruby Cruel, London, UK (2023); Apocalypse Now, Projeto Vênus, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Conversa de Formiga, 25M, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Futuração, Galeria Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021); and Estopim & Segredo, Parque Lage Visual Arts School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2019).
Learn more about the artist checking his profile page.
Welcome to Portas Vilaseca, Arthur!