Blind Cities #4, 1998

Pedro Cabrita Reis’ works go beyond the traditional categories and classification of art. The figurative elements present in his early acrylic paintings of the 1980s gradually disappear, preserving the gestural and expressive charge of that initial period. In the 1990s the artist began painting only on wood supports, not traditional panels, but actual doors. The inclusion of architectural objects makes the pictorial surface increasingly plastic and sculptural: casings, doors, and windows begin to constitute the works’ frames and spatial boundaries. [...]