© Vasco Araújo
Exhibition
Vasco Araújo : "Eco"
From 21 October 2008 to 04 January 2009
Jeu de Paume – Paris
Vasco Araújo (born Lisbon, 1975) — explores the identity and complexity of personality by means of disguise, narrative and language. The artist, who is also an opera singer, explores the social dimension of seduction and eroticism and their power games. Drawing frequently on literature ( Restif de la Bretonne, Shakespeare, etc.) and opera (Mozart, Puccini, Wagner), his work is above all a meditation on art as a critical reflection on society but also as a privilege locus for the relations between truth and artifice.
Exhibition curated by: María Inés Rodríguez
with the support of:
— the Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques
— the Direcção-Geral das Artes, Ministério da Cultura, Portugal
— the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
— the Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
— the Instituto Camões, Portugal
In collaboration with the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris.
and in partnership with Art Press, mouvement.net and Oui FM