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Pedro Zamith<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”15″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1753311276817{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

O Circo do Senhor Clyde\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Beatty<\/h2>\n

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Inaugura\u00e7\u00e3o: 13 setembro, from 21:30h to 24h<\/h5>\n
Exposi\u00e7\u00e3o: 15 setembro \u00a0a 11 de outubro, 2025<\/h5>\n
Segunda to S\u00e1bado 14h30 to 19h00<\/h5>\n
GALERIA S\u00c1 DA COSTA<\/h5>\n
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S\u00e1 da Costa Arte<\/strong> and Ocupart<\/strong> present, on September 13<\/strong>, from 9:30 PM to midnight, the solo exhibition \u201cThe Circus of Mr. Clyde Beatty\u201d<\/em> by Pedro Zamith, featuring texts by Hugo Barreiros, at Galeria S\u00e1 da Costa in Lisbon.<\/p>\n

In this exhibition, Zamith\u2014drawing inspiration from the historical figure of American animal trainer Clyde Beatty (1903\u20131965)\u2014ironically explores the decadent and captivating world of the traditional circus. Through this lens, he offers a visual reflection on the dark, grotesque, and deeply human side of spectacle.<\/p>\n

The works on display\u2014paintings, drawings, and texts on canvas\u2014bring to life ambiguous characters marked by a melancholic theatricality. Hugo Barreiros\u2019s texts expand this visual universe, adding layers of meaning and irony to the portrayed figures.<\/p>\n

About the exhibition, Hugo Barreiros writes:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHere, nothing is what it seems. The deformed figures or seemingly literal texts, which in truth can be interpreted in many ways, are not absurd. The Circus of Mr. Clyde Beatty<\/em> is, of course, an art exhibition, but it is also a literary exhibition\u2014and, ultimately, a mirror of our society, which may well be just a circus.<\/p>\n

The creative process was shared. A word can be painted in many different ways, just as a painting can be described in thousands of words. I would write a world, and Pedro would respond with a painting\u2014 or Pedro would paint a world for me to write about. It was never entirely clear who was creating for whom. If he tamed the canvas, I responded with verbal acrobatics in a constant exchange of stimuli.<\/p>\n

As we both have a very personal vision of what we want to communicate to the audience\u2014and where we want to touch them\u2014the result could only be a body of work that makes us reflect on who we are, where we\u2019re going, and what we wish to leave behind, always with the circus tent as the backdrop.<\/p>\n

When three worlds come together (painting \u2013 literature \u2013 circus), the result is a skewed perspective of society while being, at the same time, a faithful portrait of what\u2019s happening in the world.<\/p>\n

It is not the art in this exhibition that is absurd. What is absurd is the reality it represents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Pedro Zamith<\/strong>
Pedro Zamith was born in Lisbon in 1971. He graduated in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon in 2000 and earned a degree in Scenography and Costume Design from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (1990\u20131993).<\/p>\n

His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Notable solo shows include those at the National Museum of Ancient Art (2023), Espa\u00e7o Exibicionista (2018 and 2020), Centro Cultural de Cascais (2014), Galeria Arte Perif\u00e9rica (2011 and 2012), Appleton Square (2009), Galeria Monumental (2003), and Galeria Quadrum (2002). He has also participated in many group projects, including JUST LX Art Fair (2023), Galeria Miguel Justino (2015), FIL ART Lisbon (2011), Berardo Collection Museum (2010), Galeria Carlos Carvalho (2009), \u201cComboio Fantasma\u201d<\/em>\u2014in partnership with Manuel Jo\u00e3o Vieira, Andr\u00e9 Lemos, and Jo\u00e3o Maio Pinto, supported by Vera Cort\u00eas (2007)\u2014and Galeria Z\u00e9 dos Bois (2000), among others.<\/p>\n

His work is included in the collections of the National Museum of Contemporary Art \u2013 Chiado (Lisbon), Portuguese Communications Foundation (Lisbon), Norlinda and Jos\u00e9 Lima Contemporary Art Collection (S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o da Madeira), Luciano Benetton Collection (Ponzano Veneto, Italy), as well as several private collections.<\/p>\n

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Hugo Barreiros<\/strong>
Hugo Barreiros was born in Lisbon in 1982. He completed his training at the Cascais Theatre School and was soon involved in projects with companies such as the Experimental Theatre of Cascais and Blue Raincoat Theatre Company (Ireland). Founder of the groups Palco13 and Mecanismo Criativo, he has worked continuously in the field of dramaturgy since 2008, with over twenty plays staged.<\/p>\n

In parallel, he has worked as a screenwriter for film and television. In December 2023, he published A Antologia Poss\u00edvel<\/em>, a book compiling seven of his theatrical plays.<\/p>\n

The Circus of Mr. Clyde Beatty<\/em> marks his first collaborative project with a visual artist, opening a new chapter in the intersection between theatre and the visual arts.<\/p>\n

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Organised by S\u00e1 da Costa Arte<\/strong> in partnership with Ocupart<\/strong>, the exhibition The Circus of Mr. Clyde Beatty<\/em> by Pedro Zamith<\/strong> will be on view from September 15 to October 11<\/strong> at Galeria S\u00e1 da Costa<\/strong>, Monday to Saturday, from 2:30 PM to 7 PM<\/strong>, or at other times by appointment via geral@ocupart.pt<\/a><\/strong> or a.sadacosta.mi@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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