Fernando Marques Penteado

In his practice as a visual artist, Fernando Marques Penteado often operates as a sort of screenwriter. His works present themselves as constellations of materials from diverse origins and status which refer to entities, events, and narratives either fictional or biographical.

Composed of objects collected from the street or found in second-hand stores, of all kinds of randomly compiled images, but also of original drawings, paintings, or sculptures, Penteado’s works resemble expanded, three-dimensional scripts, where each element contributes to the unveiling of a kaleidoscopic narrative that depends on and embraces the subjectivity of the viewer. Penteado’s predilection for textile work, and in particular for embroidery and other traditional crafts, places his work in a particularly appropriate place for dismantling the codes and norms that shape many of our convictions regarding issues of gender, intimacy, homoeroticism, and violence.

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