MASSA FALHADA
ANDRÉ ALVES
January 21st till March 3rd
about the show
Every time I´m at Dama Aflita, I get fascinated with a beautiful metallic red hook that keeps the door wide opened. What comes from the exhibition "Massa Falhada" has a strong connection with this element and the memory of the expression "being on the nail" and its opposite, to be "off the hook" - no problem, free to think too much.
In "Massa Falhada", you will find a non-colorful visual essay, with representations of saws, hooks, tape, strings, text, and so no particular name to the mix, about a feeling of being stiff, limited, suspended, not caused by a block in creativity but by its opposite, an excessive rumination, exhausting.
about the artist
André Alves is an artist based in Porto (PT). The concerns of his work circulate around the idea of forming speech.
From his exhibitions we stand out MUSAO Oporto – Masc Foundation (A) [2011]; Mute/Motives – Semantics Gallery (USA) [2011]; Wallpaper – Galería art& design (ES) [2011]; O absurdo quer-nos de volta – Galeria Sopro (PT) [2010]; All My Independent Women (PT) [2006-2011]; The 3rd International Festival for Contemporary Art – (SY) [2011]; Acercado – Reflexus Arte Contemporanea (PT) [2009]; Coisa, controlada pelo medo de identificação ou Elmo – In.Transit (PT) [2007]; Aunt Nell Gis – Kunstvlaai 06 (NL) [2006].