Publication of the exhibition Tratado by José M. Rodrigues, curated by Óscar Faria, on view at Galeria Avenida da Índia from September 28 to December 22, 2024.This edition features essays by Sara Antónia Matos, Pedro Faro, José M. Rodrigues, Óscar Faria, and José Bértolo, which accompany the portraits presented in the exhibition.
“José M. Rodrigues treatise points to this mystery of communication between bodies and their exchange of gazes, perhaps allowing us to draw certain conclusions. The human body is not a receptacle, o a passive element that merely collects data from the world. It is a world and a being in the world, an active presence, which is also defined by its relationship with other bodies.”
– Sara Antónia Matos e Pedro Faro
“The destabilization of light exists in different places of thought that no longer are, but its image is outlined in a concrete space and suspended in time, searching for itself, showing a unique reality a special reality, a reality that cannot escape time because time has ceased to exist for it.”
– José M. Rodrigues
“Therefore, the essence of things is suddenly discovered, as they cease to be separated and now form a transcendent, cosmical unity. José M. Rodrigues photographs are no longer about himself. They are the images of an insight where nothing is given (…).”
– Óscar Faria
“José M. Rodrigues is above all an exhibition photographer. This is perhaps because his authorship extends to every object in is shows: Rodrigues photographs, develops, digitizes, edits and prints all of his images. Concerning these pieces, his status as author encompasses not only the photographs but the entire process associated with the construction of the object (…).”
– José Bértolo