A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by São Paulo-based artist Lucas Arruda (b. 1983), on view at 24 Grafton Street in London. It marks the artist's first solo show in the city.

Arruda's landscapes and seascapes are characterized by their subtle rendition of light. Painted from memory, they are devoid of specific reference points, achieving instead their variety through the depiction of atmospheric conditions. Verging on abstraction, the compositions are grounded by an ever-present, if sometimes faint, horizon line that offers a perception of distance. Intimately sized, they appear at once familiar and imaginary. Through his often evocative and textured brushstrokes, Arruda foregrounds the materiality and physicality of paint, while also recalling his genres' historical associations with the romantic sublime. Yet such parallels are circumvented by the repetitive, nonspecific settings depicted in the paintings. As Chris Sharp has noted, "[a] certain steadiness, if not steadfastness, seems to link them together, as if they did not originate from an exterior, observed world, but from a single fixed point." Also on view is a projection involving painted slides.

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Dates
September 223, 2017
Private view
Friday, September 1, 6 - 8 PM
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.

"A certain steadiness, if not steadfastness, seems to link them together, as if they did not originate from an exterior, observed world, but from a single fixed point, located, oddly enough, in an interior. Which is precisely where these paintings originate: the painter's imagination."—Chris Sharp, "Lucas Arruda's Reminiscent Paintings," from the forthcoming monograph Lucas Arruda: Deserto-Modelo by Mousse Publishing

A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
12 x 14 5/8 inches (30.5 x 37.2 cm)
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
Installation view of the exhibition Lucas Arruda, at David Zwirner in London, dated 2017.
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
12 x 13 1/2 inches (30.3 x 34.2 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.3 x 30.1 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.3 x 30 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
9 5/8 x 12 inches (24.4 x 30.5 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 18 1/8 inches (40.4 x 46.1 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
12 x 11 7/8 inches (30.3 x 30.2 cm)
A video by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Projection, paint on eighty-one (81) acetate slides, 13:30 min (loop), color
Overall dimensions vary with installation
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
11 7/8 x 13 3/8 inches (30 x 34 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
7 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches (18 x 24 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2016.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2016
Oil on canvas
12 x 13 3/4 inches (30.7 x 34.7 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
11 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches (30 x 34.2 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
12 x 14 5/8 inches (30.5 x 37.2 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 18 7/8 inches (40.3 x 48 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 18 7/8 inches (40.3 x 48 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.7 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 18 1/4 inches (40.4 x 46.2 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
11 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (30.2 x 35.1 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on wood
9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (24.2 x 29.7 cm)
A painting by Lucas Arruda, titled Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, dated 2017.

Lucas Arruda

Sem título da série Deserto-Modelo, 2017
Oil on canvas
12 x 14 5/8 inches (30.5 x 37.1 cm)

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