A retrospective journey through Pedro Batista’s artwork, on the countdown to his solo exhibition on 29.03.2012 in Lisbon. by Ana Salcedo Uma viagem retrospectiva através do trabalho de Pedro Batista, na contagem regressiva para a abertura da sua exposição dia 29.03.2012 em Lisboa. por Ana Salcedo.Tumblr (3.0; @batistart)http://batistart.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1zc5jyTDQ1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1zc5jyTDQ1rqeqwvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1zc5jyTDQ1rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1zc5jyTDQ1rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Check out some pictures from Pedro Batista’s exhibition opening— a success!— courtesy of Olga Barrisco and her great blog <a href="http://omeuipadvesteprada.blogspot.pt/" target="_blank">O meu iPad veste Prada</a>. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20495261731http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20495261731Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:03:18 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1lvyiUM4O1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WINNERS ANNOUNCED!! Thank you to all who participated! The first place gets to take the painting home. Second and third places get features alongside the painting during the exhibition. Congrats everyone!  </p> <p><strong>First Place: André Campos </strong></p> <div class="column"> <p><span>Rasgar </span></p> <p><span>Liberto-me da condição de escravo, não mais me consumo de pena nem culpa, pena de mim, culpa minha, tudo meu. Quem me rasgou a vida levou-me o tempo. Por isso rasguei a mágoa, o orgulho, não resta mais nada. Rasguei o tempo à carne, lambi o sangue. Levantei as mãos ao céu e deixei-as ficar, dancei, de mãos levantadas enquanto expurgava todos os meus pecados porque eu sempre quis ser bom. Em quanto amor insisti?</span></p> <p><span>————————————————————————————————-</span></p> <p><strong><span>Second place: Benedita SN</span></strong></p> <div class="column"> <p><span>The Man in Hell </span></p> <p><span>A Man is dead in life when his Myths are enclosed. In the trench of Hell he is told he can never leave. Burning flows of anger in his mind, through his veins. </span></p> </div> <p><span>The Red Dragon fighter in mutation will soon appear. Crossing the seas and the deserts of prejudices and pain. To free the soul of the Man his Heart he couldn’t hear.</span><span> </span></p> <p><span>———————————————————————————————-</span></p> <p><strong><span>Third place: José Avilez Ogando</span></strong></p> <div class="column"> <p><span>O índio Capaguay </span></p> <p><span>O Capaguay apareceu nas várias tribos das Pampas, antes da chegada dos primeiros conquistadores. Apesar de resultar da evolução social destas tribos, mantém acesa a chama guerreira dos seus antepassados, não pelo poder, mas por ideias que têm no centro a capacidade do Homem de viver em harmonia com o meio que partilha com os restantes seres. Os Capaguay são hoje formados por todos os homens e mulheres livres que se procuram no amor humano, não por si próprios, mas pela firme certeza de que o projeto humano é para ser cumprido, já aqui na terra. E que o que não for aqui vivido, não o será depois. </span></p> </div> </div>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20068637207http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20068637207Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:44:42 +0100contestpaintingwriting“Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest to win a painting by Pedro Batista....http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20057102992http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20057102992Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:57:23 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k33pAbf41rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s the invitation for Pedro Batista’s exhibition EVASION, opening this thursday in Lisbon. </p> <p>If you cannot make it and are interested in his work, do get in touch at <a href="mailto:pedrobbat@gmail.com" target="_blank">pedrobbat@gmail.com</a> and we’ll send you a catalogue with further info. Thank you and hope to see you there or hear from you soon! </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20016089954http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20016089954Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:23:49 +0100invitationexhibitionartpaintinglisboa<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jir9RiYi1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/384182734929690/" target="_blank">Exhibition opening this thursday</a>! small taste.. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20004458595http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20004458595Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:04:21 +0100exhibitionartpaintingpreview<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jgyvVDCc1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>CONTEST ENDS TODAY! Don’t forget to submit your entry to win this painting! </p> <p><a href="http://tmblr.co/ZkpsqvIbBrfZ" target="_blank">Rules here. </a> Good luck! Let the best win! </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20003774641http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/20003774641Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:25:43 +0100contestartwritingpainting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1hwqaY19j1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1hwqaY19j1rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1hwqaY19j1rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>In the summer of 2011, Pedro was invited by the Street Art group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/walktalkmovement" target="_blank">Walk&Talk</a> to do some art interventions in the island of S. Miguel, in the Azores. These great pieces were created intuitively on the spot, allowing the environment to do its part in inspiring creativity. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19953066431http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19953066431Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:10:57 +0100Azores2011Street ArtWalk&amp;Talk<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1htoeJ1J61rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Oil on Linen<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1htoeJ1J61rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1htoeJ1J61rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1htoeJ1J61rqeqwvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1htoeJ1J61rqeqwvo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1htoeJ1J61rqeqwvo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>In December 2010, Pedro Batista moved to Berlin for 5 months — a strategic change into a highly creative new scenery that inspired him to produce these wonderful and striking pieces.</p> <p>On some on these paintings, canvas is replaced and/or mixed with raw linen, granting an impressive feel of volumetry in texture. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19951620919http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19951620919Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:05:01 +0100artpaintingoilcanvaslinenberlin2010<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1hsr5a22z1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><strong>*****</strong><strong>CONTEST</strong><strong>***** </strong><strong>CONTEST *****</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p>Evasion is the title of Pedro Batista’s new exhibition, opening in Lisbon, on the 29th of March.</p> <p>We challenge to you invade your imagination with a burst of creativity and create a descriptive memory to accompany this painting at the exhibition. Anything goes - make it interesting, tell a story, bring the character to life. Write about what you are seeing and feeling. Evade the obvious. The author of the best text gets to take home the painting. May the best win!</p> <p>Requirements:</p> <p>+Title</p> <p>+Descriptive: Max 500 characters</p> <p>Deadline: 27/03, 17.00 GMT</p> <p>Entries allowed in English or Portuguese</p> <p>The top 3 texts will be announced. The author of the best text gets the painting</p> <p>Painting: 53cmx53cm, oil on acetate</p> <p>Please email your texts to:  <a href="mailto:batistart.contest@gmail.com" target="_blank">batistart.contest@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Good luck! Write, share and get creative! Happy Monday everyone!  </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19951213155http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19951213155Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:45:00 +0100artcontestwriting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1crkcElQY1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>*****</strong><strong>CONTEST </strong><strong>***** GAME ON </strong><strong>***** </strong><strong>CONTEST *****</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p>Evasion is the title of Pedro Batista’s new exhibition, opening in Lisbon, on the 29th of March.</p> <p>We challenge to you invade your imagination with a burst of creativity and create a descriptive memory to accompany this painting at the exhibition. Anything goes - make it interesting, tell a story, bring the character to life. Write about what you are seeing and feeling. Evade the obvious. The author of the best text gets to take home the painting. May the best win!</p> <p>Requirements:</p> <p>+Title</p> <p>+Descriptive: Max 500 characters</p> <p>Deadline: 27/03, 17.00 GMT</p> <p>Entries allowed in English or Portuguese</p> <p>The top 3 texts will be announced. The author of the best text gets the painting</p> <p>Painting: 53cmx53cm, oil on acetate</p> <p>Please email your texts to:  <a href="mailto:batistart.contest@gmail.com" target="_blank">batistart.contest@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Good luck! Write, share and get creative! Have a great weekend! </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19792253735http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19792253735Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:31:00 +0000artcontestpainting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1agfvl6vj1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p><strong>*****</strong><strong>CONTEST </strong><strong>***** </strong><strong>CONTEST ***** </strong><strong>CONTEST *****</strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p class="p1">Evasion is the title of Pedro Batista’s new exhibition, opening in Lisbon, on the 29th of March.</p> <p class="p1">We challenge to you invade your imagination with a burst of creativity and create a descriptive memory to accompany this painting at the exhibition. Anything goes - make it interesting, tell a story, bring the character to life. Write about what you are seeing and feeling. Evade the obvious. The author of the best text gets to take home the painting. May the best win!</p> <p class="p1">Requirements:</p> <p class="p1">+Title</p> <p class="p1">+Descriptive: Max 500 characters</p> <p class="p1">Deadline: 27/03, 17.00 GMT</p> <p class="p1">Entries allowed in English or Portuguese</p> <p class="p1">The top 3 texts will be announced. The author of the best text gets the painting</p> <p class="p1">Painting: 53cmx53cm, oil on acetate</p> <p class="p1">Please email your texts to:  <span class="s1"><a href="mailto:batistart.contest@gmail.com" target="_blank">batistart.contest@gmail.com</a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><br/></span></p> <p>Good luck! Write, share and get creative! </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19730685989http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19730685989Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:22:00 +0000contestartwriting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1alicvw0t1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1alicvw0t1rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1alicvw0t1rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1alicvw0t1rqeqwvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This Series of drawings by Pedro Batista is entitled “Silence” and is inspired in characters who have nothing substancial to say yet insist on striking a blazé pose. #2010</p> <p>* And don’t forget to enter the CONTEST to win a Painting by Pedro Batista <a href="http://tmblr.co/ZkpsqvIO2c0b" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19733239322http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19733239322Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:25:00 +0000drawingartcharcoalfashion2010<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m190vzQNDM1rqeqwvo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m190vzQNDM1rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m190vzQNDM1rqeqwvo2_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>In 2009, Pedro Batista went to New York for 2 months, where he did an artistic residence at the School of Visual Arts. Centered around “Identity”, he embarked onto a fantastic volumetric exploration of his portraits via digital print. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19688166024http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19688166024Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:39:16 +0000artpaintingvolumetric2009NYCresidence<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m18yt2z3vk1rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> 220x180cm<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m18yt2z3vk1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> 220x180cm<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m18yt2z3vk1rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> 220x180cm<br/><br/> <p>Large format portraits of Pedro Batista’s Golden Age Series, inspired in Oscar Wilde’s Portrait of Dorian Gray. #2008</p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19686489269http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19686489269Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:17:00 +0000oilpaintingartportraitsgoldenAgeDorian Gray2008<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m171ynoATs1rqeqwvo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m171ynoATs1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>More on Pedro Batista’s <a href="http://tmblr.co/ZkpsqvIHazjk" target="_blank">#GoldenAge</a> series, inspired in Oscar Wilde’s Portrait of Dorian Gray. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19631857419http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19631857419Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:30:00 +0000paintingartoildorian grayretrospective2008<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m16ip76VfM1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m16ip76VfM1rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m16ip76VfM1rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Inspired in Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, this 2008 Golden Age Series captures that late teen’s beauty that freezes momentarily in time, yet soon begins to fade as childlike traits acquire more mature contours. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19622255470http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19622255470Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:34:00 +0000artoilpaintingdorian grayportrait2008<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1500gmT8N1rqeqwvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1500gmT8N1rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>With a sharp eye for the female figure, Pedro’s portraits can easily be tagged as beautiful fashion illustrations. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19573234099http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19573234099Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:53:00 +0000artoilpaintingfashionillustrationretrospective2007<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zxdja1lI1rqeqwvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Alfred Hitchcock gets his own version in the Twin Series. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19412434775http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19412434775Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:08:07 +0000retrospective2006artcollageoilpainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zwsaj38N1rqeqwvo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zwsaj38N1rqeqwvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zwsaj38N1rqeqwvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zwsaj38N1rqeqwvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Here’s a delightful selection of feminine collages by Pedro Batista following the 2006 Twin Series. </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19411836326http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19411836326Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:55:00 +00002006collagetwinsretrospectiveart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0xzw7RTRp1rqeqwvo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0xzw7RTRp1rqeqwvo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>More on the amazing Twins Series </p>http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19356277896http://batistart.tumblr.com/post/19356277896Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:07:19 +0000artportraitoilcollagepainting2006