The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal will mount the most extensive retrospective exhibition to date of the work of Julião Sarmento. Titled White Nights, the exhibition will feature work in a diverse range of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, video and performance exploring themes of eroticism and sexuality and questioning concepts such as desire, absence, time and language. In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, Sarmento will present a series of performances by leading figures from the worlds of fashion, dance and other performing arts specifically designed for this occasion in the Serralves Villa. White Nights, curated by James Lingwood and João Fernandes, will be on view from November 23, 2012 through February 24, 2013.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a major monographic publication on the work of Julião Sarmento, co-published by the museum and Hatje Cantz. The book features works from the late 1960s until the present and is illustrated with all the works on display for the exhibition. The publication also includes a conversation between Sarmento and James Lingwood, an essay by João Fernandes, a specially conceived project developed by the artist in collaboration with writer James Salter and texts by several art critics, artists and curators. For more information on the publication, please visit the Hatje Cantz website.
For more information on the exhibition, please visit the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art website.
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Photo: JULIAO SARMENTO, Quarto de Cama no 12 (retrato da Gaby), 1973.