Sculpture has been a permanent interest in the artistic practice of Francisco Tropa, who works since the beginning of the 90s
and has gained a significant attention by institutions and the critique. Representing Portugal in the Venice Biennale (2011),
he also participated in Istanbul Biennial (2011), Manifesta (2000), Melbourne Biennial (1999) and Bienal de São Paulo (1998).
Several media are used by Tropa – sculpture itself, drawing, performance, photography or film – to convene a series of reflections
introduced by the different traditions of sculpture. Subjects such as body, death, nature, landscape, memory, origin or
time, are always present in his works, in an endless process of projection of references from the history of art, from other art
works, from previous works of the artist, and from specific authors.
Notions of device and spectator are also fundamental to understand his practice, which defies all the traditional categories of
art, its representation and perception.
Francisco Tropa will be present in LEFFEST, Thursday the 22nd, at 15:00, in Cinema Medeia Monumental, to present the films Quatro, Viagem ao Coração do Douro, Terra onde Nasci and Se a Memória Existe.