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“ Franco’s rigorous practice seems an endless pursuit in search of the imperfect rhythm.”
EXHIBITIONS AT CHAUFFEUR
PARES
SEPTEMBER 7 - 30, 2023
Untitled II
Carbon transfer paper on paper, framed, inner frame 21.5 x 15 cm
signed and dated on verso
2019
It comes as no surprise to acknowledge Franco’s personal history with rhythm and music implementing and releasing multiple sonic and instrumental compositions on various record labels as a jazz drummer and composer.
Pares unpacks an interest in expanding fields of sculpture and drawing with key elements of pairing rhythmic virtuosity with explorations into materiality and form. Franco’s conceptual practice seems an endless pursuit in search of the imperfect rhythm.
When encountering the enigmatic forms by Franco they seem binary by nature. They are perceived as simple and complex. Several encapsulate an immediate sense of fluidity and on the contrary a dense stillness advocating visceral imagery from the subconscious. Sheets of silicone, polyurethane and Lagopan are twisted, bent, overlayed, folded within, reversed and underpinned by metal binding clips. They are elegant and emotive synthetic assemblages suggesting comparability to bodily anatomy, living organisms and natural phenomena.
Untitled I
Silicone and metal
26 (h) x 15 (d) x 30 (w) cm
2023
Frederic de Goldschmidt Collection / Cloud Seven Brussels
Untitled V
Lagopan and metal 25 (h) x 16 (d) x 26 (w) cm
2023
Private collection, Sintra
Marco Franco
Born Lisboa, 1972
Lives / Works in Lisboa, Portugal
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2026 Summer Armistice MIAA Museu Ibérico de Arqueologia e Arte de Abrantes, Portugal
2025 Ângulo Vivo, Galeria Bruno Múrias Lisbon
2023 Cama de Gato, O Armário Lisbon
2023 Obiustromos, Galeria Bruno Múrias Lisbon
2023 Pares, CHAUFFEUR Sydney
2021 Desenhos e outras formas, Jardins Efémeros Viseu
2020 Parágrafo, Galeria Zé dos Bois, curated by Natxo Checa Lisbon
2020 Liga Mole, Galeria Municipal de Montemor-o-Novo
2020 Intervalo, Galeria Bruno Múrias Lisbon
2020 A winter sun: on my horseback a shadow sits freezing, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes Lisboa, curated by Natxo Checa
2019 Desenhos, Goethe Institut Lisbon
2019 Desenhos, Teatro Gil Vicente, curated by Ana Brito Barcelos
2019 Evex Experimentus / linha clara, Igreja de São Vicente, curated by Feliciano de Mira, Évora
2018 III Bienal Jorge Lima Barreto, Centro Cultural Solar dos Condes Vinhais
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 An anthology of un-X-act natural woodwork, compiled by farO, Alexandre Estrela, Ana Baliza, Palais Carli, Marseille
2025 Shift + Enter, Galeria Bruno Múrias Lisbon
2024 A liberdade e só a liberdade, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Evora, curated by Ana Matos
2023 Prémio FLAD de Desenho, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes Lisbon
2023 #Slow #Stop... #Think #Move – Território #2, Culturgest Porto, curated by Ana Anacleto
2022 A Exposição da ZDB, Centro Internacional das Artes José Guimarães, curated by Natxo Checa and Marta Mestre
2021 Mistifório – Território #1, Fidelidade Arte and Culturgest, Lisboa curated by Natxo Checa
COLLECTONS
FLAD - Fundação Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento Lisbon
Carmona e Costa Foundation Lisbon
Fernando Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection Abrantes
Frederic de Goldschmidt Collection Brussels
PRIZES
2023 Prémio FLAD de Desenho nomination
COMMISSIONS
2026 JOGO CRUZADO #8 Culturgest, Lisbon
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Oficina Loba, edited by Ana Baliza
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