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The Dog is Very Confused
Diogo Branco + Diogo Pinto + Inês Brites + Eduardo Fonseca e Silva + Francisca Valador + Nuno Gonçalves
[12/01/18 - 27/01/18]

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Exhibition View

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Untitled, 2017 | Nuno Gonçalves

Colored pencils on raw canvas

270 x 300 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Rethought, 2017 | Diogo Branco

Acrylic, oil and graphite on canvas

73 x 92 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Luzlinar (with hat of Maria Lino), 2017 | Diogo Pinto

encaustic wax and glass on hat

27 x 23 x 10 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Luzlinar (with hat of Maria Lino), 2017 | Diogo Pinto

encaustic wax and glass on hat

27 x 23 x 10 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Exhibition View

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Rebuçada, 2017 | Diogo Pinto

encaustic wax, lottery scratch card and cardboard

8,5 x 21 x 3,5 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Ball-cloud & Remnant, 2016 | Diogo Branco

Acrylic and graphite on wood

15 x 20 cm

 

 

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Platform, the spice girls & The limit is always, always, thick, 2016 | Diogo Branco

Acrylic and graphite on wood

15 x 20 cm

 

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Ain’t all this just a bunch of lies?, 2017 | Diogo Branco

Oil on wood

20 x 30 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

In between teeth Sting it all with your fork. Whatever gets in between your teeth, just pull it hard. You’ll say it all…, 2016 | Diogo Branco

Acrylic and graphite on wood

15 x 20 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Exhibition View

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Networking, 2018 | Inês Brites

Net bag, USB adapters and stone

Variable dimensions

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Fossil, 2017 | Inês Brites

Soft pastel on modeling clay

33 x 18 x 7 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Disposable Connections, 2018 | Inês Brites

Foam noodles, computer adapter and offset transfer on plastic bag

Variable dimensions

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Kolmi, 2018 | Inês Brites

Cellophane paper, offset transfer and oil on wood

9,5 x 7 x 2 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Toking, 2018 | Inês Brites

Offset transfer and oil on wood

9,5 x 7 x 2 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Rocky, the dog assistant, 2018 |Inês Brites

Video PAL 4:3, color, sound, 4’11’’ (loop)

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

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Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Zigurat, 2017 | Francisca Valador

Graphite and gouache on paper

36,5 x 28,5 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Cadência, 2018 | Francisca Valador

Watercolor on paper

10,5 x 15 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Treat, 2017 | Eduardo Fonseca e Silva

Watercolor and gouache on cardboard

1,5 x 1,3 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Treat, 2017 | Eduardo Fonseca e Silva

Watercolor and gouache on cardboard

1,5 x 1,3 cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Massa Branca (fusilli), 2018 | Eduardo Fonseca e Silva

Painted pasta

2,8 x 0,9Ø cm

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Cauda Solene I, 2018 | Eduardo Fonseca e Silva & Francisca Valador

Painted sculptures on carpet

Variable dimensions

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Cauda Solene II, 2018 | Eduardo Fonseca e Silva & Francisca Valador

Painted sculptures on carpet

Variable dimensions

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Cauda Solene III, 2018 | Eduardo Fonseca e Silva & Francisca Valador

Painted sculptures on carpet

Variable dimensions

Foco Galeria The Dog is Very Confused

Tail Trap, 2018 | Francisca Valador

Painted cardboard, audio player, 8’15’’ (loop)

10 x 24,5 x 17 cm

The dog is very confused is a group exhibition of six Portuguese young artists, who decided to work together on a project for FOCO gallery. For a couple of months, they gathered and exchanged ideas about possible ways of interaction. The underlying theme for the exhibition was based on a kind of game, in which one person gives a suggestion to the rest of the players and the others have to respond to it, being the title of the present show its starting point. Using this practice, the artists managed to create links of thoughts to be followed and developed. The main features for this project were conversations, personal relations and a common space for creation – their studio.

The confusion, which is present in the title, can be understood in different ways. We invite visitors to be part of the exhibition and create their own meaning of it. Personally, confusion in art is related to the state of being, when one is able to perceive, create and stay open for new experiences. It’s rather a positive attitude, which continues to develop ideas and keeps you active.

While entering the gallery, the first work visible is a large-scale installation showing a drawing on a curtain made by Nuno Gonçalves. It refers to animalism and its stereotypes. The simple form of the installation attracts attention because of its size and minimalistic style, and it also divides the space into two stages.

Close to Gonçalves’ installation is the first of Diogo Branco’s works; we are able to see the other seven after passing to the other side of the curtain: this sequence allows us to accompany the creative and artistic process of the painter. We get to, somehow, understand the mindset of the painter – confusion, trial and error, everyday life interference in the creative process.

Diogo Pinto’s works are natural, detailed and well-prepared experiments of form and material. The use of common objects melted into wax, creates confusion regarding the materiality of things and at the same time it gives us a sense of texture. Continuing our visit, we find works by Inês Brites. Separated in two spaces, her works talk about collective memory and technologization of our lives, nowadays and in the past.

The exhibition finishes with artworks by Francisca Valador and Eduardo Fonseca e Silva. Using small formats, the artists show an ephemeral connection between each other, and what characterizes them is their diversity in techniques and exquisite presence. This exhibition can be read as a theatrical play, where each artwork is a complete act, that can be seen separately, but gains more sense when seen in context.

Curated by Kasia Sobczak-Wróblewska