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Marcelo Cidade - Artists - GALERÍA RGR

(São Paulo, Brazil, 1979)

Through an often subversive and informal practice, Marcelo Cicade questions the ideals of modernist architecture, appropriates urban spaces, and, by means of various aesthetic operations, invents new idioms, constructing fresh and surprising spaces.

The intimate bond that, for Cidade, holds together art and life authorizes the artist to explore the continual oscillating flow between the social and the personal sphere. Comparing established social relations and values, Cidade creates works that express complex social conflicts and brings signs and situations from the street into art-specific spaces. The artist’s work emphasizes an encounter between art and society, without neglecting the discussion of language.

One of Cidade’s interests is the public space generated in the urban and technological flux of the surveillance society. The city is the privileged site of events, and it is here that the artist looks for his work materials. Streets, walls, flyovers, squares, and shutters are a challenge for his gaze. 

He currently lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Marcelo Cidade

Realidade placebo (UCD - Occupy - Pepper - Spray), 2014

Printing with pigmented mineral ink on 120 gr Matt Fine
Art paper in collage on foamboard

30.5 x 38.5 x 2.5 cm
12 x 15 1/4 x 1 in

Marcelo Cidade

Realidade placebo (UCD - Occupy - Pepper - Spray), 2014

Printing with pigmented mineral ink on 120 gr Matt Fine
Art paper in collage on foamboard

30.5 x 38.5 x 2.5 cm
12 x 15 1/4 x 1 in

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Marcelo Cidade

Dead Soul, 2021

Acrylic paint on fabriano paper

100 x 75 cm
39 1/4 x 29 1/2 in

Marcelo Cidade

Dead Soul, 2021

Acrylic paint on fabriano paper

100 x 75 cm
39 1/4 x 29 1/2 in

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Marcelo Cidade

Ato Falho 4, 2023

Aluminum plates and paper stickers

113 x 154.5 cm
44 1/2 x 60 3/4 in

Marcelo Cidade

Ato Falho 4, 2023

Aluminum plates and paper stickers

113 x 154.5 cm
44 1/2 x 60 3/4 in

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Marcelo Cidade

Sur Realismo del Sur, 2023

Drawing made with stamp

Variable dimensions

Marcelo Cidade

Sur Realismo del Sur, 2023

Drawing made with stamp

Variable dimensions

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Marcelo Cidade

Realidade placebo (UCD - Occupy - Pepper - Spray), 2014

Printing with pigmented mineral ink on 120 gr Matt Fine
Art paper in collage on foamboard

30.5 x 38.5 x 2.5 cm
12 x 15 1/4 x 1 in

Marcelo Cidade

Realidade placebo (UCD - Occupy - Pepper - Spray), 2014

Printing with pigmented mineral ink on 120 gr Matt Fine
Art paper in collage on foamboard

30.5 x 38.5 x 2.5 cm
12 x 15 1/4 x 1 in

Marcelo Cidade

Dead Soul, 2021

Acrylic paint on fabriano paper

100 x 75 cm
39 1/4 x 29 1/2 in

Marcelo Cidade

Dead Soul, 2021

Acrylic paint on fabriano paper

100 x 75 cm
39 1/4 x 29 1/2 in

Marcelo Cidade

Ato Falho 4, 2023

Aluminum plates and paper stickers

113 x 154.5 cm
44 1/2 x 60 3/4 in

Marcelo Cidade

Ato Falho 4, 2023

Aluminum plates and paper stickers

113 x 154.5 cm
44 1/2 x 60 3/4 in

Marcelo Cidade

Sur Realismo del Sur, 2023

Drawing made with stamp

Variable dimensions

Marcelo Cidade

Sur Realismo del Sur, 2023

Drawing made with stamp

Variable dimensions