2009
Francisco Vidal
RAR seen by
Francisco Vidal
This artist’s gaze focused on the people who work in the holding company, but indiscriminately in terms of their corporate importance or status. The number of portraits produced in a short, but extraordinarily intense working period, suggest a reality that is quite distinct from oil painting, la bella maneira, which is, surprisingly, the defunct technique that the artist chose. It’s more reminiscent of a photo shoot, that aims to capture the mechanics of reality.
Miguel von Hafe Pérez
biographic notes
Francisco Vidal was born in Lisbon in 1978. He lives and works in Luanda, Angola.
Solo exhibitions (sel.):
2014 - Water and Electricity, Instituto Camões, Luanda, Angola.
2012 - AIR – African Industrial Revolution no UNAP, Luanda, Angola.
2007 - Water, Galeria 111, Lisbon.
Ecotone, Galeria 111, Porto.
2006 - Subbus, Galeria 111, Lisbon.
Group exhibitions (sel.):
2015 - Angola Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennial.
2012 - Mabaxa, Soso Gallery – Contemporary African Art, Luanda, Angola.
2011 - Republic, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for the Art, Long Island, USA.
2010 - Povo, EDP Foundation, Lisbon.
Mundos Locais - Espaços, Visibilidades e Fluxos, Transculturais, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Portugal.
2008 - Mundos Locais - Espaços, Visibilidades e Fluxos, Transculturais, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Portugal.
2007 - Exchanging Glances, Instituto Camões in Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique.
2005 - EDP – New Artists Awards.