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Stand C05
Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon
Carla Cabanas
Carla Cabanas' work engages with methodologies that expand the defined boundaries of the photographic medium, while also addressing issues of personal, collective, and cultural memory.
Carla has presented her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the Bienal de Fotografia de Vila Franca de Xira; Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon; IX Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación Once, CentroCentro, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Arte Quetzal; Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência; OVNi – Festival Internacional de Vídeo Arte; Museu Ibérico de Arqueologia e Arte; Centro de Arte Contemporânea de Coimbra; Appleton [Box]; Centre Photographique d’Île de France; Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas; Brotéria; MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia; Museu Coleção Berardo; Centre d’Art Contemporain; Aa Collections Gallery; Biennale de l’Image Tangible; Grimmuseum; Castello Visconteo Di Legnano; Panal 361; Museu da Cidade; Fundação Eugénio de Almeida; Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa; Arquivo Municipal Fotográfico; 7ª Bienal São Tomé e Príncipe; Círculo de Bellas Artes; and CCCB - Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, among others.
In 2022, she was shortlisted for the Prémio FLAD Desenho. In 2012, she received an Honourable Mention in the Prémio de Fotografia Purificación García and won 3rd place in the Prémio de Pintura Ariane de Rothschild in 2005. She has undertaken artist residencies in Austria, Germany, and São Tomé and Príncipe, as well as several in Portugal.
Her work is represented in several collections, including the National Gallery of Art; CACE – Coleção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado Português; MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia; Fundação Luso-Americana; LPS Collection; Colección Kells; Fundação PLMJ; Colecção de Arte Novo Banco; the LPS Collection; and other private collections.
Pinnacle Grouse is a creature described in Livro dos Seres Imaginários by Jorge Luis Borges as follows: “The Pinnacle Grouse had only one wing, which allowed it to fly in a single direction, endlessly circling a conical mountain. The colour of its plumage changed according to the seasons and the condition of the observer.”
The artist feels that her artistic practice constantly orbits the same themes, always moving in the same direction, which leads her to identify with this creature. For this reason, she used a childhood photograph and manipulated it to create a sculpture inspired by this bird, as if she herself were the creature.
In this work, photography is shaped, cut, and sculpted in order to give form to a creature that seeks to question the role of family photographs in the construction of our memories and, consequently, of our identity. These objects attempt to establish a connection between the limits of the visible and the imprecision of memory, reflecting on the role of fiction in consolidating personal and collective narratives.
Jessica Backhaus
Born in Cuxhaven, Germany, in 1970, and raised in an artistic family, Jessica Backhaus is regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography in Germany today. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Backhaus met famed photographer Gisele Freund in Paris in 1992. Freund was an important mentor and major source of inspiration for Backhaus’ early work. In 1995, Backhaus’ passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pursued her own projects and lived until 2009.
From her large number of solo and group shows we highlight the ones that took place in National Portrait Gallery, London, Goethe Institut, Paris, France, Arles, France, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Germany, Midland Art Centre, Birmingham and Scottish National Portrait Gallery. To date, she has twelve publications to her name; Jesus and the Cherries, 2005, What Still Remains, 2008, One Day in November, 2008, I Wanted to See the World, 2010, ONE DAY- 10 photographers, 2010, Once, still and forever, 2012, Six degrees of freedom, 2015, A TRILOGY, 2017, Far away but Close, 2019, Cut Outs, 2021, Plein Soleil, 2024 all published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg/ Berlin, except Far Away but Close which is published by Another Place Press, Scotland. She also edited a zine publication edited by dumas.salchl with a text by Emre Izat. Her work is also featured in the book: Women Photographers. From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman by Boris Friedewald (Prestel Verlag 2014) and The Photographers’ Sketchbooks by Stephen McLaren and Bryan Formhals (Thames & Hudson, 2014). Jessica Backhaus’ works are in many prominent art collections including Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany, the Art Collection of the Taunus Sparkasse, Bad Homburg, ING Art Collection, Belgium, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA and the Margulies Collection, Miami, USA. In 2012 FOAM Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam produced a short documentary “Wonder Jessica Backhaus”, a film by Willem Aerts.
Archival pigment print
50 x 40 cm
With THE NATURE OF THINGS, Jessica Backhaus brings us attention to the small things and subtle details, which, according to the artist, often hold deeper meaning and can reveal a lot about the bigger picture. These nuances, though seemingly minor, can convey more than what is immediately obvious. These works capture ordinary objects and scenes—whether found in the world or staged by the artist—drawing from personal experiences and instincts to create images that transcend personal boundaries. These works have multiple layers of understanding, which can be seen as elements of a narrative or a visual experience, all sharing a common search for what lies beneath the images, reflecting the essence of existence itself. By emphasizing the beauty in simple, everyday objects and employing a poetic interplay of light, color, and shadow, the artist creates a vivid yet quiet atmosphere of emotional contemplation.
Archival Pigment Print
50 x 40 cm
Archival Pigment Print
50 x 40 cm
Archival Pigment Print
50 x 40 cm
Archival Pigment print
90 x 60 cm
Archival Pigment print
90 x 60 cm
Archival Pigment print
90 x 60 cm
José Bechara
José Bechara was born in 1957, in the city of Rio deJaneiro where he lives andworks. Bechara has shownhis works in individual and group exhibitions at renownedinstitutions, among them MAM Rio de Janeiro–BR;Culturgest–PT; Ludwig Museum(Koblenz)–DE; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz–BR; Fundação Iberê Camargo–BR;Fundação CalousteGulbenkian–PT; MEIAC–ES;Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna–ES; MACParaná–BR; MAM Bahia–BR;MAC Niterói–BR; Instituto Tomie Ohtake–BR; Museu Vale–BR; Haus der Kulturen der Welt–DE; Ludwig Forum Fur IntlKunst–DE; Kunst Museum–DE;Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE)-BR; Centro Cultural São Paulo–BR; ASU ArtMuseum–USA; Museo PatioHerreriano (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español)–ES; MARCO de Vigo–ES; Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma–ES; Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa–PT; CAAA–PT; Musee Bozar–BE; Museu Casa das Onze Janelas–BR; Casa de Vidro/Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi–BR, Museu Oscar Niemeyer–BR; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga)–ES; Museu Casal Solleric–ES; Fundação Eva Klabin–BR, to name a few.Bechara’s works are represented in private and public collections as Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro-BR; Centre Pompidou-FR; the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo-BR; Ludwig Museum (Koblenz)–DE; ASU Art Museum USA; Museu Oscar Niemeyer-BR; Es Baluard Museu d’ArtModern i Contemporani de Palma–ES; Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection/MAM RIO-BR; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz–BR; MAC Niterói–BR; Instituto Itaú Cultural–BR; MAM Bahia–BR; MAC Paraná–BR; Culturgest–PT; Benetton Foundation-IT; CAC Málaga-ES; MOLAA–USA; Ella Fontanal Cisneros–USA; Universidade Cândido Mendes–BR; MARCO de Vigo–ES;Brasilea Stiftung–CH; Fundo BGA–BR, among others.
Acrylic carbon and steel oxidation on canvas tarp
60 x 50 cm
José Bechara develops his work within a broad field of research on space, volumetry, surface, and composition. His oeuvre mobilizes various media, presenting results through series that articulate painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and installation, promoting an intersection between these formats. Working primarily with painting, the artist often repurposes used truckt arpaulins and manipulates iron, copper, and steel oxides to produce diptychs, triptychs,or polyptychs. In these works, he explores varied chromatic intensities, lines, and geometric patterns resulting from the oxidation of the materials.
Acrylic carbon and steel oxidation on canvas tarp
115 x 95 cm
Acrylic carbon and steel oxidation on canvas tarp
60 x 50 cm
Acrylic carbon and steel oxidation on canvas tarp
60 x 50 cm
Noé Sendas
Noé Sendas (b. 1972, Brussels), lives and works in Berlin, Madrid and Lisboa. 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 practice 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 and political potential of exhibition methods.
His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including:
Akademie der Kunst, Berlin; CAV Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, PRT; CAM - Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisboa; Casa de América, Madrid, ESP; Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, BRA; Contretype - Centre d'art pour l'image et la photographie contemporaine, Bruxelles; C/O Berlin, Berlin; Designhaus Darmstadt, Darmstadt, DEU; Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam; Fundación Ibercaja Patio de la Infanta, Zaragoza, ESP; Fundación Botín, Sala de Exposiciones, Santander, ESP; Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, PRT; Goethe-Institut, Stockholm; Hermitage, São Petersburgo, RUS; Kunstmuseum Bonn, DEU; Laboratorio Arte Alameda (LAA), ciudad de México; Le Plateau, Paris; MAAT Museu de Arte, Lisboa; MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, ESP; MEIAC Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, ESP; MNAC Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea-Museu do Chiado, Lisboa; Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM), Moscow; Museo Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa; Museu de Arte Contemporâneo Gas Natural Fenosa, La Coruña, ESP; Museu ICO, Madrid; Museo Patio Herreriano de Arte Contemporáneo Español de Valladolid, ESP; TENT, Rotterdam, NLD; Visual Arts Center - The University of Texas at Austin, USA; Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, San Francisco, USA, (Et al.)
His work is represented in public and private collections in the North and South America and Europe.
Inkjet print (pigmented inks) on luster paper
30 x 24 cm [40 x 30 cm]
Inkjet print (pigmented inks) on luster paper
50 x 40 cm (80 x 50 cm)
Inkjet print (pigmented inks) on luster paper
60 x 80 cm [40 x 40 cm]
Inkjet print (pigmented inks) on luster paper
40 x 55 cm [60 x 84 cm]
Inkjet print (pigmented inks) on luster paper
60 x 80 cm [40 x 50 cm]m]