Alexandre Estrela: Métal Hurlant

Matter is on the verge of disappearing, suffocated by the predominance of digital images that grow exponentially to become larger than nature, "like a velvet glove cast in steel." This monograph holds toolbox location, dedicated to the posthumous reconstruction of art objects, know the works of the artist Alexandre Estrela. These have been assembled to constitute Métal Hurlant, the last exhibition organized at the delegation from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Paris. The texts of Sergio Mah, Sophie Cavoulacos, Miguel Magalhães, François Piron, Joël Vacheron and Marco Bene are the result of studies covering the whole of Estrela's work. They play the role of a tour guide exploring the different facets of the concept of metal, its visual and sound properties and haptic to the psychic and physiological impacts of the discordances of his perception. Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Calouste-Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris, from March 13 to June 16, 2019. Since the mid-1990s, Alexandre Estrela (born 1971 in Lisbon) actively defends video and experimental cinema. Located at the crossroads of moving image, sculpture and acoustic art, his work questions the relationships between theme and image. Alexandre Estrelaa studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In this same city, he completed a residency as part of the International Studio & Curatorial Program. He also holds a degree in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts School of Lisbon, where he currently teaches. He has produced personal exhibitions at the Serralves Museum (Meio Concreto, Porto in 2013), at the Reina Sofía National Art Museum (Pockets of Silence, Madrid in 2015-2016), or at M HKA (Roda Lume, Antwerp, in 2016). He is responsible for the Oporto space in Lisbon, where he organizes film screenings experimental.