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A gallery of niches
From the devils of Rosa Ramalho (Barcelos, Portugal) to the Vivian Girls of Henry Darger (Chicago, USA), there is a whole marginal world, full of magic, myth and fantasy, waiting to be discovered.
At Cruzes Canhoto we propose to embark on the adventure of unveiling this fantastic universe, made of unusual colors and shapes, with origins in the deepest and remotest entrails of human nature, with a passionate and sensitive approach, indifferent to the conventions of the art markets.
The pieces exhibited in the gallery are created by people with absolutely unique mental universes, mostly self-taught ones who express themselves intuitively, without commercial pretensions or ambitions of celebrity, not even considering themselves artists.
Unique in its kind in the Iberian Peninsula, it gathers in the same space works of outsider, tribal and popular arts.
IN SEARCH OF THE LOST INNOCENCE
ART BRUT
PRIMITIVE ART
In its most basic and least contaminated form, it is the artistic expression that comes closer to the human essence, impenetrable to rational discourse and accessible only by the sensitive way.
POPULAR ART
On exhibition
25 September > 10 December 2021
Over the last decade, following the principles of ecotropism, he has been creating, through drawing, a world of interconnected mutant microorganisms that he calls fictional botany.
03 July > 10 December 2021
During the summer of 2021, Cruzes Canhoto presents the fourth edition of “Deviations and Misplacements”, a collective exhibition of singular art. On display are works by artists Sátrapa, Martinho, Idalécio, Clara Probanza, João Fróis, and a new artist, Miguel Pipa.