In 19 August, at 4:30 pm, the artist Pedro Calapez (Lisbon, 1953) will be doing a guided visit to the Serralves Collection Touring Exhibition ´Pedro Calapez. From This Space of Light and Darkness' in dialogue with Óscar Faria.

Initiating his artistic path through drawing, Pedro Calapez affirmed himself as a painter in the early 1980s, constructing a body of work that combines both practices in space and time. The exhibition 'Pedro Calapez. From This Space of Light and Darkness' brings together a selection of works from the Serralves Collection and the artist’s Collection underlining the complementary relationship between painting and drawing that grounds his artistic practice.   

Including works never shown before, the exhibition moves away from the universe of colour to reveal other foundational aspects of Calapez’ practice, rooted in dialogues established with art history, literature, and architecture. Historical works representative of different periods of his artistic career are presented together with recent works that highlight lines of continuity in his practice over more than 40 years. The works presented here emerge 'from this space of light and darkness' that punctuates the artist’s palimpsestic path, forever incomplete and forever in motion.   

The exhibition is part of the Touring Exhibitions Programme of the Serralves Collection, which aims to make the Foundation’s collection accessible to different audiences across the country.