The research of Adriano Costa moves from the narrative potential of everyday life, that flow of elements composed of common, domestic and leftover objects which he juxtaposes and reassembles in essential compositions, with a strong poetic dimension.
Interested in probing the moment in which the object is no longer defined as a work, the Brazilian artist investigates the different aspects of the visible and the nature of materials, combining solidity and fragility and juxtaposing shapes, motifs and colors to create geometric progressions possessing emotional and musical qualities, intuitive and spontaneous, organic and vital rhythms, close in form to the principles of Neo-Concrete and Minimal Art. The result of gradual adjustments, with a light, random appearance, Costa’s works express, precisely in their delicate formal balance and anti-monumental stance, a critical position regarding the contemporary world.
He has participated in numerous solo and group shows, including: Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, South London Gallery, London (2016); Tia Deth, Emalin, London (2015); Draw Flying Penis/Pussy Against Gentrification, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London (2015); Imagine Brazil, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway (2013/2014); Correspondências, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2013); Convite à Viagem, Rumos Artes Visuais, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (2012/2013); April, Sadie Coles HQ, London (2013); Time Space Poker Face, Be-Part, Waregen (2013) and Mythologies, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2011). He had solo shows as Mar Morto Provisório, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2013); Crisis doesn’t matter if you love me, Nuno Centeno, Porto (2012); Plantation, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2012).
