"SEE FROM... HEAR" is the name of the exhibition that will be on view at the Ala da Frente municipal gallery, around the work of Pedro Tudela, an artist known for his unique artistic approach to exploring sound. The exhibition will open next February 5th, at 18h00, and will be open until June 12th, 2022, in the municipal gallery located in the Bernardino Machado Museum building, in Famalicão.
"At first we listen and even let ourselves be followed by the sound, but in fact we approach with open eyes to apprehend what we are given to see". It is possible to read in the presentation text written by the curator of the municipal gallery, António Gonçalves. "Sound becomes a presence in his painting and drawing work, in his sculptural objects or installations, even when there are no apparatuses or means that produce or emit sound", the document stresses.
The exhibition Pedro Tudela is presenting in Famalicão is composed of a nucleus of drawings from the series entitled "Present Past", consisting of a selection of about a dozen works on paper using watercolour, India ink, and gold leaf, and an installation sculpture, made with steel cable, glass, wood, metal, and heat-shrinkable sleeve.
The drawings that will be exhibited are works in which the artist revisits his universe of painting from the 90's, exploring the stains in an articulation with geometric shapes, creating rhythms that refer to the sound field.
Pedro Tudela is an artist, musician and set designer from Viseu, graduated in Painting from the School of Fine Arts of Porto (ESBAP), who lives and works in Porto. He teaches, as an assistant professor, at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. While a student at ESBAP, he co-founded the "Missionary Group", and is a founding member of the collective "@c" and the publishing house "Crónica". He has exhibited in Portugal and internationally since 1981, and his body of work is multifaceted, with several works ranging from painting, installation, performance, to music and multimedia. He embarked on sound production in 1992, participating in concerts, performances and recordings. He is represented in museums, public and private collections.
The exhibition "SEE FROM... HEAR" has free admission and can be visited from Tuesday to Friday, from 10h00 to 17h30 and on weekends from 14h30 to 17h30, in the Ala da Frente space.
