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Berlin is a city filled with interesting artists, and so the expectation is that Art Forum Berlin (the Art Fair) will be fresh, lively and interesting. With the art world it is impossible to please everyone. There was the positive feed back, "It was not the tired list of names that predominated at Frieze and Fiac". But perhaps for this reason there were people complaining, "It was provincial". Provincial or fresh- it was a place where one could make new discoveries and reaffirm old prejudices...
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Rui Calçada Bastos (b. 1971 Lisbon, Portugal) studied at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon. In 2002 he was a artist in resident at Cité International des Arts in Paris. In 2003 Bastos was artist resident at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, in 2004 had the Arbeitsstipendium der Senatsverweltung fur Wissenchaft, Forschung und Kultur in Berlin. In 2005 was nominated for the União Latina Prize in Portugal. In 2006 had the Marcelino Botin grant. In 2011 he had a residency Stipend at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles. He now lives and works in Berlin.
His work has been shown at: Gagosian Gallery, Fundacion Colectania in Barcelona (FOTO), Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Centro de Artes Helio Oiticica, Temporare Kunsthalle, Telavive Bienal, Centro Cultural de Espana, Museé d´Art Contemporain de Nimes, LOOP Art Fair, Barcelona, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, and Bergen Kunsthall among others.
His work is included in numerous collections including: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; NBK, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin; CGAC, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea; Spain; Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporánp de Santander y Cantabria, Santander; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna (IVAM), Valencia, Spain; Centro de Artes Visuais de Coimbra, Portugal ; Museu de Arte Contemporânea dos Açores, Portugal amoung others and many other private collections.
Rui Calçada Bastos uses unique perspective with his camera to share with the viewer objects and shapes that would perhaps be overlooked at first glance. His three-minute video “Ambitious,” is one example of his work that possesses elements typical of Bastos’s work. Throughout the film Bastos uses close-ups of specific characters to create unique personalities that allow for the viewer to create specific relationships to the different characters. The characters are together in the car, which adds another element of personality to the characters because the viewer is able to understand them in relation to each other. His other invested work, “Same Old Tune,” also uses movement in a way that provides the necessary tools to personalize the featured character. The record spins, but the man walking on it does not move anywhere. Bastos compares this movement to a characteristic of relationships when someone walks but the view never changes.
He is represented by Invaliden1 Galerie in Berlin and Vera Cortês Agência de Arte in Lisbon.
For additional information about this artist, visit Mutual Art
