GALERIA NUNO CENTENO

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Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on wood
54 x 38 cm.
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Sobral Centeno (b. Porto, 1948) explores the transmission of memory: within his rapid brushstrokes’ hierarchical chaos, moments of his consciousness are hidden. The ladder, a symbol constantly present in his works, carries an order of orientation that directs our gaze. We can even identify his frenetic and persistent study of written systems. This is a continuity in Sobral’s work, in an attempt to understand and share his lived political and cultural experiences.
Sobral Centeno was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1948, where he lives and works. He graduated in Fine Arts (FBAUP), received a scholarship from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (1983-1985) and taught at Instituto Politécnico do Porto (1987-2006).
His work can be found in many national and international collections, among the following: Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal); Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (Portugal); Coleção de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea – Norlinda e José Lima (Portugal); Kunstmuseum Walter im Glaspalast (Germany); Shoes or No Shoes Musem (Belgium); L’Unesco La Galerie d’Art (France); Instituto de Arte Contemporânea (Brazil); Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Pernambuco (Brazil).