Rui Calçada Bastos
Working in and with the cities that he has travelled to or lived in (Macao, Shanghai, Paris, Lisbon, Berlin, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro), RUI CALÇADA BASTOS (1971) focuses on urban landscapes, objects, shapes and situations that would perhaps be overlooked at first glance. Working with photography, video, sculpture and drawing, he explores his themes poetically, confronting the spectator with a self-referential view.
A selection of his most recent exhibitions include: MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology / EDP Foundation (Lisbon, PT); Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design (Oslo, Norway); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, USA); Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, Germany); Beijing Art World Museum (Beijing, China); Centre d’Art Contemporain La Villa du Parc (Annemasse, France); Fundación Marcelino Botín (Santander, Spain); Orient Foundation (Lisbon, PT); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon); CCB – Belém Cultural Centre (Lisbon, PT)); Bergen Kunsthall (Bergen, Norway); Contemporary Art Museum of Elvas (MACE), Col. António Cachola; DAM – Daejon Museum of Art (Daejeon, South Korea); National Museum of Singapore (Singapore); MAM – Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Laboratorio Arte Alameda (Mexico City, Mexico); CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo (Santiago de Compostela, Spain); Afro Brazil Museum (São Paulo, Brazil); MAS – Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria (Spain); Node – Center for Curatorial Studies (Berlin, Germany); Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Centre (Azores, Portugal); MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, USA); Kunstverein Arnsberg (Arnsberg, Germany); Espace Photographique Contretype (Brussels, Belgium); Carpe Diem Art & Research (Lisbon, Portugal),
His work is represented in importante collections such as: NBK – Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (Germany); Figueiredo Ferraz Institute (Brazil); José Carlos Santana Pinto Collection (Portugal); IVAM – Modern Art Institute of Valencia (Spain); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal); CGAC- Galego Centre of Contemporary Art (Spain); António Cachola Collection – MACE (Portugal); Contemporary Art Museum of Santander and Cantabria (Spain); Plancius Collection (The Netherlands); EDP Foundation (Portugal); CAV – Centre of Visual Arts (Coimbra, Portugal); PLMJ Foundation (Portugal); Novo Banco Contemporary Photography Collection (Portugal); Susanne & Werner Peyer Collection (Switzerland); Orient Foundation (Portugal); Arquipélago Contemporary Art Collection (Portugal); Ordonez-Falcon Collection (Spain).

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Correspondence with Donald Judd
2020
Spray paint on paper envelopes
125 x 197 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Exhibition view
“I can’t see you, but I know you’re here”
Galeria Bruno Múrias, 2020

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Untitled (Papendrecht)
2017
Inkjet printing, Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton, 315 gr.
165 x 110 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Untitled (Macao)
2017
Inkjet printing, Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton, 315 gr.
165 x 110 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Untitled
2020
Paper envelopes and vieux chêne
127 x 202,5 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Moi et Toi – Ne pas séparer les mots d’une syllabe
2019
Portable wooden and metal table, paper envelope, vinyl, 44 glasses
68 x 50 x 69 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
I can’t see you, but I know you’re here II
2019
Vieux chêne and bleach on wood
Variable dimensions

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Landscape for the Vanished III
2018
Paper frame complements of different qualities, dimensions and weights
Variable dimensions

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Landscape for The Vanished IV
2018
Collage (letters from a stranger)
73,5 x 61 x 3,5cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Landscape for The Vanished IV
2018
Collage (letters from a stranger)
73,5 x 61 x 3,5 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Untitled (Macao)
2017
Inkjet printing, Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton, 315 gr.
165 x 110 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Correspondence with Kazimir Malevich
2020
Spray paint on paper envelopes
106 x 106 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Suspension Lines
2019
Ropes, steel cables and electrical cable
Variable dimensions

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Suspension Lines (detail)
2019
Ropes, steel cables and electrical cable
Variable dimensions

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Landscape for the Vanished I
2018
Metal and glass frames, wooden frame holders
Variable dimensions

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Landscape for the Vanished I
2018
Metal and glass frames, wooden frame holders
Variable dimensions

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Correspondence with Lygia Clark
2020
Spray paint on paper envelopes
108,5 x 197 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Correspondence with Volpi
2020
Spray paint on paper envelopes
140 x 200 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Landscape for the Vanished II
2018
Photo etching on sumerset softwhite paper 300gr
28 x 43 cm (x12)
Ed 3 + 1 AP

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
I can’t see you, but I know you’re here I
2019
Vieux chêne and bleach on wood
Variable dimensions

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
The Tramp
2018
Wooden plinth, blue ink, wooden stand, book with wooden handle,glass and acrylic shell
160 x 61 x 68 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Strangle and Struggle
2019
Stones, rubber bands
14 x 14 x 26 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Untitled (Macao)
2016
Inkjet printing, Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton, 315 gr.
165 x 110 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Untitled (Macao)
2017
Inkjet printing, Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton, 315 gr.
165 x 110 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
I can’t see you, but I know you’re here III
2019
Vieux chêne and bleach on wood
24 x 18 cm each (aprox.)

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Correspondence with Brâncuși
2020
Spray paint on paper envelopes
140 x 200 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Ghost #3
2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper
189 x 150 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Indomitable Will
2018
Granite blocks, wooden and iron shovel
196 x 18 x 22,5 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Stone Words
2018
Granite block and letter in envelope
21 x 11 x 12 cm

RUI CALÇADA BASTOS
Correspondence with Mark Rothko
2020
Spray paint on paper envelopes
210 x 128,5 cm