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Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen22 x 16 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen25 x 17 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen32 x 25 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen170,5 x 150,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)58 x 29 x 23 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen60 x 45,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)25 x 3 x 4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)16,5 x 12 x 6 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2019oil on linen38 x 27 cm
Paulo MonteiroCome and go2019oil on linen29 x 37 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2019oil on linen60 x 50 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2019oil on linen30 x 22 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2019bronze28 x 10 x 5,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2019oil on canvas70 x 50 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze12,4 x 9,3 x 11,9 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,5 x 22,2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018bronze21 x 16,4 x 5,6 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,2 x 22,2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze and copper tape25,8 x 18,2 x 6 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,4 x 22,1 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,3 x 24,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018bronze 38,5 x 112 x 33 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on wood4,2 x 5,8 x 2,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on wood3,7 x 11,8 x 2,3 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas70,5 x 50,2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas170,4 x 200,4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas70,5 x 50,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze (edition of 3)16,6 x 10,5 x 4,8 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2017iron (unique)43 x 7 x 6 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2017iron25 x 9 x 7,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016bronze (edition of 3 + 1 AP)37 x 32 x 55 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016bronze (edition of 2 + 1 AP)18,5 x 62 x 22,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016oil on bronze (edition of 3 + 1 AP)56 x 2 x 4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016oil on canvas15 x 11 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016gouache on paper32 x 24 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled201622k gold and gouache on paper14 x 9 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled201322k gold and gouache on paper25,5 x 18,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016aluminium (edition of 3 + 1 AP)84,5 x 13 x 25 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016gouache on paper24,6 x 18,9 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2015aluminium13 x 8,5 x 9,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2014oil on canvas22 x 16,5 cm
UNDEFINED INCLUSIONS
PACE, New York, United States of America September 15 - October 28, 2023
LINHA DO CORPO
Galeria do Instituto Ling, Porto Alegre, Brazil April 4 - June 17, 2023
ANTWERP UNIVERSAL
Leienpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium February 16, 2022 - October 16, 2022
DE TERRA E GÁS
Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, Brazil November 27, 2021 - March 13, 2022
Paulo Monteiro, b. 1961 in São Paulo (BR), lives and works in São Paulo (BR).
Paulo Monteiro’s oeuvre consists of drawings, paintings and sculptures with the line as their main theme. He explores the possibilities of the line as an organic and dynamic but also controlled principle. It forms, as it were, the trace of a choreography, and a parallel can indeed be drawn between his oeuvre and classical ballet. In addition, the line also functions as a boundary that demarcates zones. In his paintings, he pushes the paint forward with his fingers, causing it to pile up and create edges. He treats paint as a material rather than a colour. He moulds his sculptures as three-dimensional lines, folding, connecting and cutting them. The relation to the surrounding space is of elementary importance, as is the spatial relation between the different media when they are combined – often playfully – on the wall.
Another important aspect is the principle of gravity. On the one hand, the entire space is subject to it, and its effect is tangible in his sculptures especially. The heavy bronze and aluminium objects are pulled towards the ground. On the other hand, Monteiro plays with this fact through his use of colour. The light, sweet colours seem to relieve the objects of their weight.
In 1982 Paulo Monteiro set up Casa 7, an artist collective and venue that functioned as a studio and exhibition space. It brought together a whole generation of artists who wanted to offer an alternative to the (Neo-)Concrete Art that was ubiquitous and that focused mainly on rigid, geometric compositions and less on the organic, expressive line.
His works are included in the permanent collections of MoMA (New York), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói Contemporary Art Museum.
Paulo Monteiro joined the gallery in 2017.
We are pleased to announce a new solo exhibition by Paulo Monteiro, four years after his first exhibition at Zeno X Gallery.
As a young artist in São Paulo in the 1980s, Paulo Monteiro was fascinated by comics, cartoons and underground magazines from the US. Another important source of inspiration were the paintings of Philip Guston, an American artist who incorporated cartoonish figures into his works and who is seen as one of the forefathers of neo-expressionism. Although Paulo Monteiro’s current practice seems far removed from Philip Guston’s figurative paintings, Guston’s humour and strongly delineated contours are an enduring influence.
In 1982 Paulo Monteiro was one of the co-founders of Casa 7, an artist collective and venue that functioned as a studio and exhibition space. Casa 7 brought together a generation of artists who wanted to offer an alternative to the (neo-)concrete art that was ubiquitous in Brazil and that focused mainly on rigid geometric compositions. Around this time, Paulo Monteiro created large paintings with an emphatic focus on the organic, expressive line as well as sculptures using residual materials such as wood, iron rods and rope.
Paulo Monteiro’s oeuvre consists of drawings, paintings and sculptures. The artist’s main theme is the line. He has a penchant for flowing lines that seek out the edges of the canvas. In his paintings, he pushes the paint forward with his fingers, causing it to accumulate and create borders. In this respect, he treats paint as a material rather than a colour. His sculptures are placed on the ground without a plinth. They lean against or hang on the wall and can be read as the three-dimensional contours of a painting. He moulds his sculptures like lines. They are folded, connected and cut, and he lets gravity do its work. The use of colour plays a major role in this: the light, sweet colours seem to strip the bronze sculptures of their weight.
The relation of his works to the surrounding space is of elementary importance, as is the spatial relation between the different media when they are combined on the wall, often in a playful manner. The works have individual qualities and stand alone, but also function when grouped together. Different configurations are possible in which all elements are considered of equal value.
In 2014 MoMA (New York) acquired a large group of works by Paulo Monteiro, including drawings, gouaches, sculptures and paintings. His work has been shown in exhibitions at Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Lévy Gorvy (New York), Mendes Wood DM, Pace Gallery (New York) and Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon). He has twice participated in the São Paulo Art Biennial, in 1985 and 1994.
Zeno X Gallery is pleased to present a first solo exhibition by the Brazilian artist Paulo Monteiro in Antwerp. The Empty Side brings together a new body of paintings and sculptures.
Paulo Monteiro was born in 1961 in São Paulo, where he still lives and works. He grew up in a large family with parents who specialized in history and histology and in an environment bathed in music, literature and art. Politics were complex, especially after the military coup of 1964, which ushered in a dictatorial regime in Brazil that lasted until 1985. Monteiro first crossed the country’s border in 1982 for a month-long trip to Europe, where he visited Paris and Düsseldorf, as well as several Italian cities.
Under the influence of Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton, who published comics in underground magazines in the 1960s in the US, Monteiro started drawing comics too. These would appear in magazines that did not have a license to exist and to be sold such as Boca, Papagaio, Almanak & Makongo. In this way he became part of an artistic underground scene in São Paulo. After graduating from the College of Fine Arts in São Paulo Monteiro co-founded Casa 7, a collective of artists that was based in a house with the number 7 in São Paulo. The house functioned as both a studio and exhibition platform from 1982 until 1985. They shared a mutual desire to paint with a focus on exploring the materiality of painting.
Casa 7 connected a whole generation of writers, film-makers, musicians and other artists. This had a major impact on a new artistic generation in Brazil. In these years Paulo Monteiro made large paintings that were loaded by many layers of paint.
Towards the late 1980s Paulo Monteiro’s interest shifted towards sculpture. He started collecting materials that had been rejected by their owners such as wooden planks, iron bars and ropes. Through a search for composition, he assembled parts into a harmonious unity. It was a process of cutting, bending, connecting, searching for balance and experimenting with gravity. The sculptures touched the floor or the wall without any intermediary. Soon a desire for liquidity, fluidity and movement entered his practice. He focused on drawing lines that travelled in their destined space with an attraction to the borders. The identity of the line was irregular, playful, elegant, soft, unique, personal and directed by the hand of the artist. The line could turn into a shape or three-dimensional form. Around 2005 he integrated colour in his gouaches and later in his sculptures. The space at borders, between layers or inside a mass is of great meaning to Paulo Monteiro. His works find their existence between painting and sculpture. Every element in his oeuvre is equally important to him no matter the size, the medium or the choice of display. There is no room for hierarchy.
Since 2014 twelve works by Paulo Monteiro have been acquired by MoMA in New York. More works can be found in public collections, among others in the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo, The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Museu de Arte Contemporanea Niteroi in Rio de Janeiro. His work has been included in group shows at the Pinacoteca do Estado in São Paulo, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in Paris and Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, among many others. He has twice been invited to the Biennial of São Paulo, in 1985 and 1994.
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas80,3 x 60,1 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen20 x 16 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on wood3,8 x 9 x 3,8 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on wood2,4 x 9 x 2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)25 x 4 x 7 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on wood1,2 x 5,7 x 2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen55 x 50 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen23 x 19 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2017oil on bronze
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (The Staged-Fall)2012acrylic on paper40 x 27 cm
Jan De MaesschalckFilm2015acrylic on paper39 x 54,8 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (Heatwave)2018acrylic on paper73 x 58,3 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled2009acrylic on paper27,5 x 36,5 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled2011acrylic on paper27,5 x 36,5 cm
Bart StolleDrawing Pattern2021acrylic on canvas76 x 76,7 cm
Bart StolleReconstructing the Original Formula (2)2012 - 2013acrylic on canvas59,4 x 67 cm
Bart StolleTimelines with Black Ball2021acrylic on canvas24 x 30,4 cm
Bart StolleOrgan2020acrylic on canvas47,8 x 39 cm
Bart StolleUntitled (colour check)2019acrylic and paper on canvas40 x 50 cm
Bart StolleLFMS2018.102018pencil and ink on paper21 x 13,2 cm
Bart StolleLFMS2017.062017pencil and ink on paper21 x 13,2 cm
Bart StolleLFMS2018.152018pencil and ink on paper21 x 13,2 cm
Bart StolleThe Measure and the Measured2015acrylic on canvas, cotton string120 x 120 cm
Hyun-Sook SongUntitled2015tempera on paper35 x 26 cm
Hyun-Sook SongUntitled2015tempera on paper26 x 34,5 cm
Hyun-Sook SongUntitled2018tempera on paper35 x 45 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on wood2,3 x 4,7 x 2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen31 x 24 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)10 x 3 x 9 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on wood3,8 x 11,6 x 3,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)41 x 3,2 x 4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)42,3 x 4 x 7 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)45,5 x 4 x 3,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)8 x 3,5 x 4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)46,2 x 4,2 x 6,8 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)60 x 10 x 15,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)36 x 13,54 x 30,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on bronze (edition of 2)55 x 20 x 12,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2022oil on linen32 x 24 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, AntwerpInstallation view
Martin MargielaBodypart b&w2018 - 2020oil pastel on projection screen123 x 222 x 8 cm
N. DashUntitled2022earth, acrylic, canvas, fabric, silkscreen ink, jute151,13 x 78,74 cm59,5 x 31 in
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Giocondità2022oil on canvas48 x 64 cm
Kim JonesUntitled2001 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph45,7 x 30,5 cm
Jenny ScobelAmanda (II)2011pencil, watercolour and wax on gessoed wood81,3 x 61 cm
Pélagie GbaguidiCare2020dry pastel and wool on paper21 x 29 cm
Pélagie GbaguidiCare2020dry pastel on paper29 x 21 cm
Mircea SuciuStudy for "Empathy for Destruction"2022oil, acrylic, liquin, charcoal and varnish on linen70 x 50 cm
Marina RheingantzSexy X2022oil on canvas130 x 110 cm
Jockum NordströmCat Dog Cat2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper40 x 50 cm
Hyun-Sook Song9 Brushstrokes2017tempera on canvas130 x 70 cm
Jan De MaesschalckImpersonation (based on a photo by Johan Jacobs)2022oil on canvas65,2 x 55,2 cm
Yun-Fei JiThe Dead Are also Moving2007mineral pigments and ink on rice paper89,5 x 97 cm
Grace SchwindtGuard2022ceramic and bronze (edition of 3 + 1 AP)53 x 9 x 9 cm
Kees GoudzwaardOn Display2022oil on canvas70 x 60 cm
Susan HartnettOct. 11 2011 #2, Blue-joint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Jack WhittenSilver Centerfold2015acrylic on panel3 x (30,5 x 30,5 cm)
Philip Metten2203222022oil and thread on canvas23,1 x 23,2 cm
Naoto KawaharaNaked Girl2022oil on canvas72,8 x 53,4 cm
Bart StolleUntitled (Heat upon Heat)2022acrylic on canvas40 x 40 cm
Photo: Kenji TakahashiCourtesy of Tomio Koyama GalleryInstallation view
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018bronze28 x 112 x 100,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,4 x 22,4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas70,6 x 50,3 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas70,4 x 51 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze10 x 4 x 4,6 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018aluminium102 x 6,2 x 5,4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze17,6 x 5 x 8 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas80,5 x 60,2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018bronze37,5 x 90 x 25 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2015bronze33 x 91,5 x 43,6 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018bronze36 x 113 x 34 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,4 x 22,2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,4 x 22,3 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas30,3 x 22,2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze17,8 x 10,4 x 4,9 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018patinated bronze18 x 6,5 x 7,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018bronze9,9 x 7,6 x 15 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018aluminium245 x 22,8 x 9,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on canvas200,3 x 251 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018bronze70,4 x 12,4 x 6,5 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018aluminium72,5 x 2,8 x 3 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze14 x 12,5 x 6,6 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze10,9 x 9,7 x 7 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - AntwerpInstallation view
Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States of America Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Museu de Arte de Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Museu de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Pinacoteca Municipal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
“Paulo Monteiro at the Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium” Wsimag.com, article by Elena Vergara Meersohn Rayan (online) October 2018
“Paulo Monteiro in conversation with Adriano Costa” Flash Art, article by Bruno Dunley (online) April 2015
“Routine and adventure” Article by Paulo Venancio Filho
Editora de Livros Cobogo Ltda.Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015208 pages, ISBN 9788560965861
Cosac NaifySao Paulo, Brazil, 2009216 pages, ISBN 9788575037621