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Gabriel Abrantes - A Brief History of Princess X
Gabriel Abrantes - A Brief History of Princess X
Gabriel Abrantes
A Brief History of Princess X, 2016
S16mm transfer to 2K, color, 2.39:1, stereo sound
English
English
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Edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
Directing: Gabriel Abrantes Scriptwriting: Gabriel Abrantes Cinematography: Jorge Quintela Sound: Carlos Abreu Editing: Margarida Lucas With: Gabriel Abrantes (voice) Francisco Cipriano Joana Barrios Filipe Vargas A supercharged history of sculptor...
Directing:
Gabriel Abrantes
Scriptwriting:
Gabriel Abrantes
Cinematography:
Jorge Quintela
Sound:
Carlos Abreu
Editing:
Margarida Lucas
With:
Gabriel Abrantes (voice)
Francisco Cipriano
Joana Barrios
Filipe Vargas
A supercharged history of sculptor Constantin Brancusi’s infamous ‘Princess X’, a futuristic bronze phallus that is actually a bust portrait of Napoleon’s equally infamous great grand niece, Marie Bonaparte.
Exhibitions
2020 Melancolia Programada, MAAT, Lisbon
2019 Jeunes Artistes en Europe. Les Métamorphoses, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France2019 Tandem: Gabriel Abrantes and Belén Uriel, Alexander and Bonin, New York, USA
2018 Monográfico Gabriel Abrantes, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2017 1000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Portugal
2017 Género na Arte, MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal
2016 The Artist’s Cinema – Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Art Fairs
2017 Artissima International Fair of Contemporary Art, Italy – Francisco Fino Gallery, Portugal
2017 SP-Arte, São Paulo, Brazil – Francisco Fino Gallery, Portugal
Publications
2020 Gabriel Abrantes: Programmed Melancholy, maat / EDP Foundation and Mousse Publishing, Lisbon, Portugal