Francisco Tropa: Tsae

Mixing art and technical ingenuity, Tropa’s creative vision embraces prototypes and machines, but also paintings, screen prints, photography and performance.

“Des gestes de la pensée” (“Gesture, and thought”) – the new series of exhibitions at La Verrière, curated by Guillaume Désanges – continues this September with a solo exhibition of Portuguese artist Francisco Tropa. 

Mixing art and technical ingenuity, Tropa’s creative vision embraces prototypes and machines, but also paintings, screen prints, photography and performance.

Francisco Tropa: Tsae — Top: Francisco Tropa *Terra platonica*, 2013. © P. Tropa. Above: *Partie submergée*, 2008. © P. Tropa

Gesture and thought are mutually reinforced in Tropa’s work, with neither taking the lead. Rooted in matter, his practice is as intuitive as it is erudite. 

Born in 1968, Francisco Tropa lives and works in Lisbon. His work includes sculpture, photography, performance and more. Tropa represented Portugal at the 2011 Venice Biennale. He exhibits with Galerie Jocelyn Wolff in Paris, Gregor Podnar in Berlin, and Quadrado Azul in Porto.

“TSAE - Trésors Submergés de l’Ancienne Égypte” (‘STAE: Sunken Treasures of Ancient Egypt’) is a new project specially conceived for La Verrière. The cosmogonic, rambling, disordered installation takes the form of an archaeological exhibition, evoking differing representations of the world, from the Christian Middle Ages to modernist utopias.

Until 19 October 2013
Francisco Tropa. TSAE – Trésors Submergés de l’Ancienne Égypte
(Sunken Treasures of Ancient Egypt)
Curator: Guillaume Désanges
La Verrière
Boulevard de Waterloo  50, Bruxelles

Left: Francisco Tropa, Partie submergée, 2008. © P. Tropa Right: Francisco Tropa, Terra platonica. Les deux étages de l’univers, 2013, serigraphy, 60 x 86 cm. © P. Tropa

Francisco Tropa: Tsae

Mixing art and technical ingenuity, Tropa’s creative vision embraces prototypes and machines, but also paintings, screen prints, photography and performance.

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