GALERIA PEDRO OLIVEIRA
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GALERIA PEDRO OLIVEIRA
GALERIA PEDRO OLIVEIRA CALÇADA DE MONCHIQUE, 3 TEL +351 222 007 131 [email protected] 4050-393 PORTO PORTUGAL FAX +351 222 002 334 www.galeriapedrooliveira.com PATRÍCIA ALMEIDA All Beauty Must Die (room 3) OPENING SATURDAY 30 APRIL 16H 3 MAY –11 JUNE 2011 TUESDAY – SATURDAY 15-20H All Beauty Must Die, de Patrícia Almeida (in collaboration with David-Alexandre Guéniot) This exhibition at Galeria Pedro Oliveira is part of a larger project collecting a set of works (including photography, video, serigraphy and books); the creation and collection process began in 2009 under the title All Beauty Must Die. This title is a reference to the lyrics of Nick Cave’s Where the Wild Roses Grow, a duet with Kylie Minogue released with Nick Cave’s 1996 record Murder Ballads, but also to John Keats’ Ode on Melancholy (“She dwells with Beauty – Beauty that must die”). Its first presentation at the Museu Colecção Berardo, in 2010, as part of the BESphoto award, included photographs, a video and posters with pop song lyrics and poetry of the English Romantic period, aiming to evoke an idyllic atmosphere inspired by the ideals of youth and nature. This exhibition included a wall set in place by the museum where visitors could scribble their comments on the show. This led to the decision of collecting these texts left by the anonymous visitors, and the second moment of the All Beauty Must Die project was set in motion. The idea was to create an indie book of sorts, referencing the world of fanzines, by using a set of highly contrasted black and white images that establish a dialogue with anonymous phrases, be they love messages, political slogans, testimonies, random thoughts, quotes or simple creative acts. The underlying intention was to combine these texts and images and broaden, deviate and amplify the possibility of constructing new senses and meanings, by transversally intertwining references ranging from classical music and romanticism to popular culture and contemporary rock music. PATRÍCIA ALMEIDA (b. 1970) Lives and works in Lisbon. Patrícia Almeida is interested in documental photography as a territory of research and artistic creation; her early works delve into the relationship between the individual and urban spaces. This premise is visible in her first book, NO PARKING, published in 2004, a project developed in Tokyo under a scholarship of the Fundação Oriente; and also in her first individual exhibit, Locations (2007) at the Kgaleria in Lisbon, following an invitation by photographer António Júlio Duarte. In 2008 Patrícia produced the PORTOBELLO series, a project comprising 70 photographs, video and slide projections, exploring the idealization of “branded locations” promoted as summer tourist destinations. This project was subsequently self-published in 2009 and exhibited at the ZDB gallery in Lisbon, and also at Art Algarve, where it was presented by the Fundação de Serralves; this in turn garnered the project a nomination for the prestigious BESphoto award in 2010. The nomination would lead to the presentation of her latest project, All Beauty Must Die, at the Museu Colecção Berardo, also in 2010. Patrícia Almeida’s work is part of several renowned collections, including those of PLMJ, the Fundação de Serralves, the BESart collection, the collection of the Centro de Artes Visuais (Visual Arts Centre) and the collection of the Centro Português de Fotografia (Portuguese Photography Centre). STUDIES Since 2003 Member of the POC – Piece of Cake collective, an international network for the promotion of contemporary photography, having participated in exhibitions and workshops promoted by the group in Austria (Salzburg, Fotohof), Belgium (Antwerp, Antwerp Photomuseum) and Spain (PhotoEspaña 04), among others. Since 2002 Teacher at the department of Plastic Arts at the Escola Superior de Arte e Design at Caldas da Rainha. 2002-2007 Photography teacher at the Escola Universitária de Artes, Coimbra. 1999-2000 MA in Photography from Goldsmiths College – University of London 1990-1995 Degree in History from F.C.S.H- Universidade Nova de Lisboa. SOLO SHOWS 2011 All Beauty Must Die. Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes, Sines. All Beauty Must Die. Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto. 2010 All Beauty Must Die. Lumen Gallery, Budapeste. All Beauty Must Die. Museu Colecção Berardo as a nominee for the BESPHOTO 2009 award. 2009 Portobello, Mois de L’Image de Dieppe 2008 Portobello / No Parking, Museu da Imagem, Braga Portobello, Galeria ZDB, Lisboa Portobello, Casa das Artes, Tavira 2007 Locations, KGaleria, Lisboa Locations, TAGV – Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Coimbra GROUP SHOWS (Selected) 2010 Impressões e Comentários. Fotografia Contemporânea Portuguesa, SALA PARPALLÓ, Valência. Impressões e Comentários. Fotografia Contemporânea Portuguesa, Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona Fotografia Contemporânea Portuguesa. Estoril Fashion Art Festival. PiY (Publish it Yourself), an exhibition on self-published photography books, Nogent-sur-Marne. 2009 Estranhas formas de Vida. Exhibition curated by the Fundação de Serralves for Art Algarve 09, Loulé. Entre o Céu e o Mar. Exhibition at the Centro de Artes Visuais de Coimbra for Art Algarve 09, Lagos. 2008 Territoires en mutation, Biennale de Liège, Liège. Testemunhos, Edifício da Alfândega, Porto. 2007 Alone Together, F/STOP internationales Fotografiefestival, Leipzig. 2006 Alone Together, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague. Memórias da Cidade, Encontros da Imagem de Braga. 2005 Extensão do Olhar, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra. 2004 POC in Town, Forum für Fotografie, Cologne. Contemporary Austrian Photography, com Herwig Turk. NGO House of Photography, Poprad. 2003 Blind Date, Video/Performance collaboration with Herwig Turk, D. Robnik and P. Hoermanseder, Videolisboa, Lisboa. POC Project, Pôle Image Haute Normandie, Rouen. SMS:SOS. A nova visualidade de Coimbra, Pavilhão de Portugal, Coimbra 2002 Índia. Dois olhares, Museu da Imagem, Braga. 50 fotógrafos portugueses dos anos 50 à actualidade, Museu de Serralves, Porto 2001 Modèles/Models, Casino - Forum d'Art Contemporain. Memórias da Cidade, Encontros da Imagem de Braga. Habitar o Futuro, Encontros da Imagem de Braga. The New Discovers, Internationale Fototage Herten. 2000 Scopophilia. Gallery Westland Place, London. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Fundação PLMJ, Lisboa Fundação de Serralves, Porto BESart, Colecção Banco Espírito Santo, Lisboa CAV - Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra Centro Português de Fotografia, Porto