The exhibition, curated by Lúcia Almeida Matos, presents drawings and paintings by Jorge Pinheiro produced between 2001 and 2006, a figurative period focused on the absurdity of human suffering, which also represents a stance towards the forms of violence resulting from ongoing armed conflicts. The artist draws on widely disseminated and recognisable images from photography, cinema, and art to compose new, complex, and thought-provoking images.

As part of the parallel programme of the exhibition, the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto presents a series of initiatives including film screenings, open classes and guided tours.

BIO

Jorge Pinheiro was born in Coimbra in 1931. An artist of considerable renown, he established his artistic career in Porto, where he also studied at the Porto School of Fine Arts (1957–1963) and began his career as a higher education lecturer, teaching at the same institution from 1963 to 1976.
In 1963, he was one of the first ten founders of Cooperativa Árvore, in Porto. Together with Ângelo de Sousa, José Rodrigues, and Armando Alves, he formed the group Os Quatro Vintes, which exhibited collectively in Portugal and Paris between 1968 and 1972.
As part of his academic career, he was awarded grants from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to visit European museums and art schools (1966) and to undertake studies (1979–1980) at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
Jorge Pinheiro has exhibited individually since 1958 and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Portugal and abroad. His works are represented in all the country’s major public and private collections of modern and contemporary art.
He lives and works in São Pedro do Estoril.