Nu Barreto
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ART WORKS
O ser no impasse
Espanto
Vultos
EXHIBITIONS
La Vertigine delle Lucciole
jan 28 to march 11 2023
Once upon a time in West Africa
june 04 to aug 20 2022
Africa Staged
july 10 to aug 22 2021
REVERSED SAFARI
july 13 to sep 03 2023
Africa Tunes
jan 20 to march 17 2024
BIOGRAPHY
Nu Barreto is born in 1966 in São Domingos (Guinea-Bissau). Nú Barreto has been living and working in Paris since 1989.
Graduated from the École Nationale des Métiers de l’Image des Gobelins (Paris, France), Nú Barreto has forged a language of his own and developed a multidisciplinary and political practice.

He has been immediately recognised as a talented artist and from 1998 until now he has exposed his works representing his country in Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Senegal, Switzerland, Burkina-Faso, Brazil, China. Drawing has been Nú Barreto’s favorite medium since childhood.

Nú Barreto depicts the violence that marked the African continent. According to the artist, his screaming mouth bears witness of the daily suffering of the African people as well as its collective memory. The various iconographic and plastic resources that Nú Barreto uses in his works on paper all contribute to their strong evocative and emotional power.

Despite the critical content of his work, the artist continues to have an unfailing trust in men, especially in his homo imperfect, which flaws he likes to ridicule in order for him to correct them. This virtuous power of art has inspired the artist deeply hopeful artworks.
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