PEDRO CABRITA REIS
2011-12-12In his work, Pedro Cabrita Reis uses building materials (brick, fluorescent tube, electric cable, double glazing…) as well as “found” items (doors, windows, benches, ladders…), that he brings together and assembles into sculptures. The essence of Pedro Cabrita Reis’s work is to be found in the very act of construction. Although he always initiates a dialogue with the spaces he inhabits, his goal is not to suggest new architectural forms. His sculptures act as vectors for emotions: they create imaginary territories, evoking familiar architectural landscapes, of which only traces seem to remain. Faced with his work, the spectator experiences feelings of absence and silence, characteristics which run through the whole of the artist’s oeuvre.
While Pedro Cabrita Reis is perhaps best known for his sculpture, the artist has defined himself through painting: “I see myself as a painter, in the classic sense of the word….It is as a painter that I relate to the world.…All that I have ever done are paintings; some of them lighter, hung on walls, then heavier ones, set on the ground, and even some that encompass whole spaces.
Exhibition runs through to January 21st, 2012
Galerie Nelson – Freeman
59 rue Quincampoix
75004 Paris
France
