Estimate

30.000 - 35.000

Session

4 February 2016

Hammer Price

Description

Polyvinyl acetate, acrylic tempera pigments on raw cotton canvas

80x110 cm

Category

Modern and Contemporary Art

Additional Information

The large international circulation of Sarmento’s work in the last
forty years, has made of the author one of the most well-known
contemporary artists. In a variety of media — painting, drawing,
sculpture, installation, cinema, photography and performance
— Sarmento explores his key topic, sexuality, and questions the
ideas of desire, absence, time and language. By juxtaposing words
to the silhouettes of an eminently sexual scene, this painting
reinforces the concern with the language related to desire.
From Sarmento’s most recent exhibitions we can reference: ‘Julião
Sarmento: Guest or Host?’, CCAM – Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2015); ‘Julião Sarmento’, MAMAC
– Musée d’art moderne et d’art contemporain, Nice, France (2014);
‘Julião Sarmento: Lo sguardo selettivo / The Selective Glance’, GAM –
Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy (2014);
‘Julião Sarmento: Index’, MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de
Elvas, Elvas, Portugal (2013); ‘Julião Sarmento: Una forma extrema
de privacidad’, MAGG – Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, México D.F.,
México (2013); and ‘Julião Sarmento: Noites Brancas’, Museu de
Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2012).