Descripción de la Exposición
Exhibition projects by artist and curator Diogo Pinto, who studied Fine Arts in the master’s program at the Institute Art Gender Nature HGK Basel FHNW from 2019 to 2021, are case studies that enable him as an artist to pursue questions that art criticism and art studies usually leave unanswered or do not even ask in the first place. These are questions about the real production conditions of art, which are decisive for the identity of an artwork.
Diogo Pinto is a meticulously researching artist who is interested in micro-historical phenomena and the associated forms of artistic expression, which he takes up in his own painting and develops in exhibitions. His project for der TANK deals with the interplay between business and culture in Basel during the heyday of the chemical industry in the second half of the 20th century, in particular the resulting impulses for design and art as well as the effects on local artists and their position in urban society. In addition to new works by Diogo Pinto, which can be understood as a group of works like a cartographic representation of the mental and public space of Basel, the exhibition at der TANK also includes a series of six advertising brochures designed by Gérard Ifert, a student of the graphic artist Armin Hofmann, for the chemical company J. R. Geigy in 1952, as well as the painting Nachtfalter (1944 – 1945) by Peter Birkhäuser. The exhibition opening will be on Friday 6 December 2024 at 6 pm.
Diogo Pinto (b. Lisbon) is based in Basel. He obtained a BFA from FBAUL (2016, Lisbon) and an MFA from IAGN (2021, Basel). As an artist, curator, and author, he is driven by the elasticity of contemporary artistic practices, focusing on artists who have operated in unconventional scenarios. He has recently presented projects at Dietikon Projektraum, Galerias Municipais, MONITOR Gallery, Faltpavillon, Spirit Shop, June Art Fair, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Kunsthalle Palazzo, and Kunsthaus Baselland. He co-edited and co-authored the publications “This is a Bar... ou Praia de Banhos” (Galerias Municipais, 2022), “Dos Olhos à sua Ausência - António Ramos Rosa” (Ascensor, 2020), and “Lâmina Olhar Animal - Maria Lino” (CAC-FEA, 2019). He was co-director and co- founder of the exhibition project Ascensor (2018-2020) and is currently part of the curatorial team at Plattform.
Exposición. 13 dic de 2024 - 04 may de 2025 / CAAC - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo / Sevilla, España
Formación. 01 oct de 2024 - 04 abr de 2025 / PHotoEspaña / Madrid, España
