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Lucas Arruda

Untitled (from the Deserto-Modelo series), 2019

Photo: Everton Ballardin | Courtesy the artist Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, Brussels and New York

Lucas Arruda

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Lucas Arruda

Untitled (from the Deserto-Modelo series), 2019

Oil on canvas

30.5 x 35.5 x 2.5 cm

TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection

Many of Lucas Arruda’s dense, atmospheric paintings appear to be fields of pure abstraction at first glance, yet upon closer inspection, they reveal dreamlike depictions of oceans, twilight or sunrise, and rolling banks of fog or clouds—the compositions remain ambiguous enough for multiple readings. Arruda paints these enigmatic scenes from memory, unmooring them from geographical specificity and letting them pulse with imagined serenity and power. The artist generates a mysterious ambience with his muted, subtly shifting palettes and evocative, scratchy brushwork.

PAST EXHIBITIONS:

Group show: Remedios
Venue: C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba
Curator: Daniela Zyman
Date: April 14, 2023 - March 30, 2024

Group show: Liquid Intelligence

Curator: Chus Martínez with Soledad Gutiérrez and María Montero Sierra,

Venue: National Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Date: October 10, 2023 – January 28, 2024

Related works in the collection

Lucas Arruda Untitled from Deserto-Modelo series, 2019

Lucas Arruda Untitled (from the Deserto-Modelo series), 2021

Lucas Arruda Untitled (from the Deserto-Modelo series), 2019

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Lucas Arruda