(Montijo, Portugal, 1962)
Fernanda Fragateiro’s work powers relationships with space, immersing the viewer in a performative situation. Her interventions in unexpected locations (a monastery, an orphanage, houses in ruins, i.e.), subtle landscape alterations, and the use of materials such as fabrics found in German factories, used books, or rubbles from the Portuguese construction boom; reveal stories buried in transformation.
The Portuguese artist references art history, architecture, feminism, and politics yet, maintains a solid characteristic style with a minimalist aesthetic of form, color, and texture. Fragateiro operates in the three-dimensional field, focusing on sculpture and installation as her primary means of expression. The way in which Fragateiro intervenes space unveils her keen interest in rethinking modernism.
She currently lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.
Fernanda Fragateiro
Colors organized by thoughts (Rainbow), 2023
Stainless steel and 7 handmade notebooks with aluminum and fabric covers
27 x 27 x 23.4 cm
10 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 9 7/32 in
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Fernanda Fragateiro
Breathing (Das Unbehagen der Geschlechter), 2019
Black lacquered stainless-steel support, manufactured notebooks with aluminum; fabric cover and book: Das Unbehagen der Geschlechter (Judith Butler, Suhrkamp edition, 1991)
81 x 81 x 11 cm
31 57/64 x 31 57/64 x 4 21/64 in
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Fernanda Fragateiro
Black and green, after Lygia Clark (Superficie Modelada), 2023
Stainless steel support and 2 manufactured notebooks with fabric cover
80 x 120 x 26.5 cm
31 1/2 x 47 1/4 x 10 7/16 in
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Fernanda Fragateiro
Overlap (black and white), 5, 2020
Polished stainless steel and manufactured notebooks with fabric cover
50 x 50 x 7 cm
19 37/54 x 19 37/54 x 2 96/127 in
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Fernanda Fragateiro
Monotony is nice (Hommage to CP and LC), 2, 2020
Yellow lacquered stainless steel support, manufactured notebooks with fabric cover and book: Der Jasager und Der Neinsager - Vorlagen, Fassungen, Materialien (Bertolt Brecht, edition Suhrkamp 171, 1999)
120 x 120 x 24.80 cm
47 10/41 x 47 10/41 x 9 97/127 in
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