Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line - Lévy Gorvy
  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

    Installation view, Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line, Lévy Gorvy New York, 2021. Photos: Matthew Herrmann

  • Installation view of Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line at Levy Gorvy New York

Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty LineExhibitions

New York
March 10 - May 1, 2021

 

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Paulo Monteiro: The Two Sides of An Empty Line

Beginning March 10, Lévy Gorvy will present The Two Sides of an Empty Line, an exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by Paulo Monteiro. Monteiro rejects monumentality and grand statements in his art in favor of expressive immediacy and intimacy, and an embrace of contingency, subtle humor, and gesture, stating: “I’m more connected to the expression, to the poetic, instead of sticking to a technique that favors me.”

Monteiro emerged as an artist in São Paulo, where he was born in 1961 and where he continues to live and work. Initially drawn to illustration and cartoon imagery, he was inspired to cultivate his painting practice in 1981, when he first encountered the late work of Philip Guston in Philip Guston: Seus Últimos Anos, the American exhibition at that year’s São Paulo Bienal. In 1983, he cofounded the artist’s group Casa 7 with Fábio Miguez, Rodrigo Andrade, Carlito Carvalhosa, and Antonio Malta. Inspired by Guston’s profound humor and incorporation of comic imagery into contemporary painting, as well as by the example of European Neo-Expressionism, Monteiro and his compatriots in Casa 7 introduced a new energy to Brazilian painting. Monteiro would combine these innovations with the compositional concerns of Neo-Concrete art specific to Brazilian contemporary art to develop his singular practice.

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Selected Works

  • Paulo Monteiro's Untitled painting

    PAULO MONTEIRO
    Untitled
    2020
    Oil on linen
    66 7/8 x 90 1/2 inches (169.9 x 229.9 cm)

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  • Paulo Monteiro's Untitled painting

    PAULO MONTEIRO
    Untitled
    2020
    Oil on linen
    13 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (34.6 x 23.2 cm)

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  • Paulo Monteiro's Untitled sculpture

    PAULO MONTEIRO
    Untitled
    2020
    Patinated bronze
    16 1/8 x 37 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (41 x 95.9 x 26 cm)

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  • Paulo Monteiro's Untitled painting

    PAULO MONTEIRO
    Untitled
    2020
    Oil on linen
    11 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (29.8 x 21.9 cm)

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  • Paulo Monteiro's Untitled painting

    PAULO MONTEIRO
    Untitled
    2020
    Oil on linen
    57 1/2 x 78 3/4 inches (146.1 x 200 cm)

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Selected Press

Brazilian Press | Agenda Cultural: 19 February, 2021

February 19, 2021

Beginning March 11, Lévy Gorvy will present The Two Sides of an Empty Line, an exhibition of new paintings …

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