Here’s the invitation for Pedro Batista’s exhibition EVASION, opening this thursday in Lisbon.
If you cannot make it and are interested in his work, do get in touch at pedrobbat@gmail.com and we’ll send you a catalogue with further info. Thank you and hope to see you there or hear from you soon!
Exhibition opening this thursday! small taste..
CONTEST ENDS TODAY! Don’t forget to submit your entry to win this painting!
Rules here. Good luck! Let the best win!
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.
On some on these paintings, canvas is replaced and/or mixed with raw linen, granting an impressive feel of volumetry in texture.
*****CONTEST***** CONTEST *****
Evasion is the title of Pedro Batista’s new exhibition, opening in Lisbon, on the 29th of March.
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!
Requirements:
+Title
+Descriptive: Max 500 characters
Deadline: 27/03, 17.00 GMT
Entries allowed in English or Portuguese
The top 3 texts will be announced. The author of the best text gets the painting
Painting: 53cmx53cm, oil on acetate
Please email your texts to: batistart.contest@gmail.com
Good luck! Write, share and get creative! Happy Monday everyone!
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*****CONTEST ***** GAME ON ***** CONTEST *****
Evasion is the title of Pedro Batista’s new exhibition, opening in Lisbon, on the 29th of March.
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!
Requirements:
+Title
+Descriptive: Max 500 characters
Deadline: 27/03, 17.00 GMT
Entries allowed in English or Portuguese
The top 3 texts will be announced. The author of the best text gets the painting
Painting: 53cmx53cm, oil on acetate
Please email your texts to: batistart.contest@gmail.com
Good luck! Write, share and get creative! Have a great weekend!
*****CONTEST ***** CONTEST ***** CONTEST *****
Evasion is the title of Pedro Batista’s new exhibition, opening in Lisbon, on the 29th of March.
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!
Requirements:
+Title
+Descriptive: Max 500 characters
Deadline: 27/03, 17.00 GMT
Entries allowed in English or Portuguese
The top 3 texts will be announced. The author of the best text gets the painting
Painting: 53cmx53cm, oil on acetate
Please email your texts to: batistart.contest@gmail.com
Good luck! Write, share and get creative!
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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
* And don’t forget to enter the CONTEST to win a Painting by Pedro Batista HERE.
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.
Large format portraits of Pedro Batista’s Golden Age Series, inspired in Oscar Wilde’s Portrait of Dorian Gray. #2008
More on Pedro Batista’s #GoldenAge series, inspired in Oscar Wilde’s Portrait of Dorian Gray.
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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.
With a sharp eye for the female figure, Pedro’s portraits can easily be tagged as beautiful fashion illustrations.
Alfred Hitchcock gets his own version in the Twin Series.
Here’s a delightful selection of feminine collages by Pedro Batista following the 2006 Twin Series.
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