(Montijo, 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. How Fragateiro intervenes space unveils her keen interest in rethinking modernism.
Fragateiro lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.
Fernanda Fragateiro
Colors organized by thoughts #1, 2014
Stainless steel and 8 handmade notebooks with fabric covers
27h x 29w x 23.40d cm
10 80/127h x 11 53/127w x 9 27/127d in
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Fernanda Fragateiro
Overlap (yellow), 2, 2021
Polished stainless steel and manufactured notebooks with fabric cover
50h x 50w x 7d cm
19 87/127h x 19 87/127w x 2 96/127d in
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Fernanda Fragateiro
Overlap (black and white), 5, 2020
Polished stainless steel and manufactured notebooks with fabric cover
50h x 50w x 7d cm
19 87/127h x 19 87/127w x 2 96/127d 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)
120h x 120w x 24.80d cm
47 31/127h x 47 31/127w x 9 97/127d in
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