José Pedro Croft (1957) - Sin título

Engraving by José Pedro Croft (*).
Technique: Aquatint, drypoint and electric impact (percutor). The work was created with two plates made with the technical collaboration of Tristán and Virgili Barbará.
Museum edition on thick laid cotton Arches paper, with its characteristic watermark (300 g/m2).
Signed and numbered by hand by the artist.
Publishers’ dry stamp.
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

Specifications:

Support dimensions: 56 x 76 cm
Print impression dimensions: 56 x 76 cm
Justification: 87/100
Year: 2003
Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, so it is offered in perfect condition).
Provenance: Private Collection.

The work will be carefully handled and packaged in a reinforced flat cardboard box. Shipment will be certified with a tracking number.

Shipping will also include transportation insurance for the final value of the work with full reimbursement in case of loss or damage, at no cost to the buyer.

(*) José Pedro Croft (Porto, 1957) is one of the most prominent figures in European contemporary sculpture thanks to his research on the relationships between space, time and matter.
His career, inscribed in both this genre and drawing, has been marked from the outset by a careful constructive process in which both his formal universe and the particular come into contact. In Croft’s own words, “the interesting thing about my work lies in the nuances and the small differences, not in trying to classify it within a predetermined line.” Ultimately, it is an artistic project outside the itinerary fixed by schools and groups.
In relation to this conception, his creations are always the result of research into the processes that unfold inside him, intertwining the visual, plastic and poetic dimensions of the created objects, producing a sense of precarious balance between the stable and the unstable, and which, for the Portuguese artist, “reflects the transitory nature of the universe.”
His sculptures create complex dialogues with the surrounding environment as well as with their own form and volume through simple, almost minimalist structures, that combine both the materiality of the object and its formal aspects. In some cases, these latter are reinforced by the use of bright industrial paint applied in such a way as to suggest a perception of the sculpture as a relief painting. Moreover, Croft uses mirrors and crystals to play with light, shadow and reflections to create new volumes and an altered sense of space. A dialectical tension between fullness and emptiness ultimately appears, which can be translated to his works on paper.
In 2017 he represented Portugal with the installation Medida Incerta at the Venice Biennale.
The artist’s work is part of international collections such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, or the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, and this year he is Portugal’s representative at the Venice Biennale.