Simão Martinez

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Simão Martinez (Lisbon, 1993) is an artist based in Lisbon, Portugal. He has been exhibiting regularly since 2017, both in Portugal and abroad (France, Spain, Poland and the UK), and his work can be found in both private and institutional collections in Portugal, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. His works have also been published in over a dozen catalogs (see "Publications").His choice of media encompasses printmaking (stone lithography & chalchography), painting and drawing, and he works towards harmonizing the profound material mastery that their traditions have honed throughout history, both in Western and Eastern approaches, with the conceptual freedom of contemporary times.Although his work avoids values such as urgency and disruptiveness, it is nonetheless the product of exposure to contemporary culture. In between his broad, often dissociative scope of subject matter and formal qualities, lies a central focus on creating objects that evade "contemporaryness", in a dialogue that does not privilege their own temporal context, but rather their inherent phenomenological and material character, and the somewhat atemporal state art can exist in.

RECENT WORKS

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Night of Saints

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2018

Oil on canvas

150 x 100 cm

Incandescence (after Delacroix)

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2019

Stone Lithography on paper

50 x 70 cm

Something's Off!

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2018

Oil on primed paper

70 x 50 cm

Ameixoeira I

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2018

Oil on canvas

120 x 120 cm

Minus Three

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2019

Aquatint etching on paper

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Fugue

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series

70 x 50 cm (sheet size)

Self Portrait at Age 25

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2019

Oil on primed paper

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Self-Misportraits

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series

100 x 70 cm

The Garden

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2019

Oil on Canvas

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Fugue

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series

160 x 90 cm

Upstream

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2019

Four-part Serigraph polyptych on paper

70 x 200 cm (each part 70 x 50 cm)

Reunion I

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2017

Stone Lithography on paper

70 x 50 cm

Quiaios

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2019

Aquatint Etching on paper

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Fugue

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series

70 x 50 cm (sheet size)

The Alexandria Cycle

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2019

Wood Lithography (Mokulito) monoprint on paper

100 x 70 cm

Black River

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2019

Stone Lithography on paper

70 x 50 cm

Minus Seven

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2018

Vinyl on paper

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Fugue

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series

70 x 50 cm

Procession I

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2018

Charcoal & pigmented inks on paper

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Procession

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series

100 x 70 cm

Flash (Pedro)

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2018

Oil on primed paper

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Fugue

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series

76 x 56 cm

Your Chaos Is My Order

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2017

Aquatint Etching on paper

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Fugue

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series

70 x 50 cm (sheet)

The Valley

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2017

Stone Lithography on Paper

50 x 70 cm

The Falls' Dellirium

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2019

Charcoal & pigmented inks on paper

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Procession

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series

150 x 300 cm (triptych)

Second, Blue

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2019

Oil on board

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Glass House

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series

100 x 60 cm

Procession XIII

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2019

Charcoal & pigmented inks on paper

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Procession

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series

100 x 70 cm

Procession XII

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2021

Charcoal and sumi ink on paper

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Procession

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series

100 x 70 cm

Evening

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2020

Oil on canvas

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Fugue

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series

100 x 70 cm

Procession IV

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2021

Charcoal and sumi ink on paper

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Procession

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series

150 x 100 cm

Teste

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Sheet size

70 x 50 cm

Fulgor

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2021

Charcoal and sumi ink on paper

100 x 70 cm

Gloom

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2021

Sheet size

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Glass House

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series

60 x 40 cm

Untitled

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2021

Sumi ink on handmade hemp paper

70 x 50 cm

Pantry

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2021

Oil on board

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Glass House

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series

100 x 60 cm

Profile

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2020

Stone Lithography on paper

70 x 50 cm

Rita's Birthday

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2020

Oil & vinyl on canvas

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Fugue

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series

80 x 120 cm

Stefan's Room

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2021

Oil on board

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Glass House

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series

60 x 40 cm

Studio Interior

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2019

Oil on board

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Glass House

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series

40 x 30 cm

Mirror Mirror

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2020

Oil on board

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Glass House

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series

35 x 25 cm

Early Flight

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2019

Oil on primed paper

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Fugue

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series

70 x 50 cm

CV - Exhibitions

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We Have Time for That

Galeria Arte Graça

Lisbon, Portugal

Somnium et Mirabilia

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

SGPCM - FBAUL Prize

SGPCM - Secretariat-General for the Presidency of the Ministers' Council

Lisbon, Portugal

Ridges and Waterlines in the Côa Valley: A Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

Printmaking and Transgression

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

Paula Rego Prize: 3rd Edition

Paula Rego House of Stories

Cascais, Portugal

Paula Rego Prize: 2nd Edition

Paula Rego House of Stories

Cascais, Portugal

New Regards on the Côa Valley: A Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

New Regards on the Côa Valley: A Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition

Côa Museum

Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal

JustLX - Contemporary Art Fair

CCL - Lisbon Congress Centre

Lisbon, Portugal

From Matter to Line

Galeria Arte Graça

Lisbon, Portugal

Flâneurs and Dandies Suspended in a Smartphone

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

Flâneurs and Dandies Suspended in a Smartphone

Aula Gallery, The Strzemiński Academy of Arts

Łódź, Poland

Feira Morta VIII

ZDB - Galeria Zé dos Bois

Lisbon, Portugal

Entre Passados

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

Drawing(s) in Construction

Galeria de Santa Maria Maior

Lisbon, Portugal

Carmo, Chiado, and the Heart of Darkness

Maison du Portugal

Paris, France

Carmo, Chiado, and the Heart of Darkness

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

Carmo, Chiado, and the Heart of Darkness

Sala Acua / Centro de Iniciativas Culturales

Cuenca, Spain

Carmo, Chiado, and the Apparitions of Faust

Maison du Portugal

Paris, France

Carmo, Chiado, and the Apparitions of Faust

MAC - Carmo Archaeological Museum

Lisbon, Portugal

Carmo, Chiado, and the Apparitions of Faust

Sala Acua / Centro de Iniciativas Culturales

Cuenca, Spain

BASE LX

Sto. António da Barra Fort

Estoril, Portugal

Artrooms London 2019

Meliã White House

London, UK

12th Amadeo de Souza-Cardos Prize

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Museum

Amarante, Portugal

12 x 12 x 10

Santa Clara Market

Lisbon, Portugal

WRITINGS

"Não Me Falem de Arte" é um projeto iniciado em lockdown, no início de 2021 - uma publicação online, em que escrevo sobre arte e outras questões pelo meio da minha própria prática artística, e os muitos humores e desesperos a ela associados.

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O Vento

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February 13, 2024

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Regresso a Casa

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November 11, 2022

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O Clube Social dos Patos do Parque Oeste

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May 16, 2022

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Grandes Conclusões

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April 30, 2023

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A Verdadeira Maionese

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April 1, 2022

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Os Deuses Escondidos

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March 19, 2022

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Os Deuses Escondidos

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February 19, 2022

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O Último Dia do Resto da Minha Vida

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February 12, 2022

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Desenho à Vista

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February 8, 2022

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Cor-De-Burro-Quando-Foge

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January 29, 2022

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Queda Livre

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January 22, 2022

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Uma Corrida Contra o Tempo

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January 14, 2022

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Casa de Malucos

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November 30, 2021

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A Última Linha

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November 10, 2021

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Hipercondria

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November 2, 2021

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Entre Sonhos

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October 25, 2021

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Entre Sonhos

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October 20, 2021

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À Janela

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October 10, 2021

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Insuficiente

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October 2, 2021

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Nem Por Sombras

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September 26, 2021

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O Interminável Indeterminável

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September 19, 2021

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Os Nomes do Mundo

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September 10, 2021

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O Fim dos Tempos

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September 5, 2021

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Água

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August 28, 2021

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Entretanto

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August 20, 2021

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Ida e Volta

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August 13, 2021

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Isto Passa

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August 6, 2021

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Em Branco

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July 30, 2021

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Passeio Nocturno

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July 23, 2021

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Picasso Incompreendido

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July 23, 2021

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Perfume de Verão

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July 9, 2021

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Poesia e Prosa

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July 2, 2021

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Um Mundo de Possibilidades

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June 25, 2021

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O Fim da Macacada

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June 18, 2021

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Fotofobia

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June 11, 2021

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Fotofobia

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June 4, 2021

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Trabalhos Forçados

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May 28, 2021

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A Vida é Curta

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January 28, 2021

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Falhanço

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May 14, 2021

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Hammershøi

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May 7, 2021

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Fins de Tarde

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April 30, 2021

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Paisagens de Confinamento

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April 23, 2021

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As Pessoas Não Mudam?

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April 16, 2021

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Trabalho de Campo

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April 9, 2021

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A Morte do Artista

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April 1, 2021

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Os Vidros Duplos Fazem Mal à Saúde

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March 25, 2021

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Uma Breve Introdução ao Artistês

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March 19, 2021

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O Fim do Mundo

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March 11, 2021

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Os Vidros Duplos Fazem Mal à Saúde

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March 5, 2021

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Não Me Falem de Arte

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March 2, 2021