José Pedro Croft (1957) - Sin título

Engraving by José Pedro Croft (*).
Technique: Aquatint, drypoint, and electric hammer. The work was created with two plates produced with the technical collaboration of Tristán and Virgili Barbará.
Museum edition on thick muslin-structured Arches paper, with its characteristic watermark.
Signed and numbered by hand by the artist.
Printer’s dry seal.
Includes Certificate of Authenticity (COA).

Specifications:

Support dimensions: 56 x 76 cm
Edition dimensions: 56 x 76 cm
Justification: 79/100
Year: 2003
Condition: Excellent (this work has never been framed or exhibited, and has always been kept in a professional art folder, therefore offered in perfect condition).
Provenance: Private Collection.

The work will be carefully handled and packed in a reinforced flat cardboard package. The shipment will be insured with a tracking number.

The shipment will also include transport 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 investigations into the relationships between space, time and matter. His career, inscribed in this field as well as in drawing, has been marked from the start by a careful constructive process in which his formal universe and the personal interact. In Croft’s own words, “the interesting thing about my work lies in the nuances and the small differences, not in trying to fit it within a particular line.” Ultimately, it is an artistic project outside the itinerary set by schools and groups.
In keeping with this conception, his creations are always the result of research into the processes triggered inside them, where the visual, plastic and poetic dimensions of the created objects intertwine, producing a sense of precarious balance between the stable and the unstable, which, for the Portuguese artist, “reflects the transience 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 aspects are reinforced by the use of industrial paint in bright colors, applied in such a way that it suggests a perception of the sculpture as relief painting. Moreover, Croft uses mirrors and crystals to play with the effects of light, shadow and reflections in order to create new volumes and a shifted sense of space. A dialectical tension between fullness and emptiness eventually 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 represents Portugal at the Venice Biennale.