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