RAZÃO INVERSA
13.03. 2024 - 16.06.2024
Fernando Calhau
Based on the core works of Fernando Calhau (Lisbon, 1948-2002) from the Serralves Collection and important collections on deposit at the Foundation, the exhibition Razão Inversa brings together a set of paradigmatic works that marked different moments in the artist's career over four decades. These works reveal, on one hand, the profound consistency of his practice, and on the other, its surprising ambivalence. Anchored in the rigor of minimal art and a deep romantic sensibility, Fernando Calhau's work is filled with internal conflicts that give it an unusual complexity, belonging inextricably to both the realms of reason and intuition. Incorporating painting, drawing, printmaking, and a large-scale installation, Razão Inversa reflects the unity and tension inherent in Fernando Calhau's work: despite its apparent simplicity, it demands that the viewer slow down and linger to uncover its intricacies.
This exhibition, curated by Joana Valsassina, is part of the Itinerant Exhibitions Program of the Serralves Collection, which aims to make the Foundation's collection accessible to diverse audiences from all regions of the country.
Image credit:
Fernando Calhau, Untitled, 1975. Contemporary Art Collection of the State, on deposit at the Serralves Foundation — Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto. Deposit in 1999.
Exhibition photographs: Ricardo Raminhos