ALEXANDRE LIBERATO























more new heroes

September 2022 · Alexandre liberato gallery · berlin
The exhibition presents a body of work developed by Liberato over the past two years, spanning a wide range of media, including painting, drawing, photography, and video. 

The exhibition takes its title from Liberato's most recent series of works NEW HEROES, delving into his project that focuses on geometry and the body, creating an abstract inclusive space to exist - to contemplate the sublime - what he refers to as ”a sensibility that touches everyone equally, transforming them from the inside”.

The earliest works presented here were initiated during the imposed lockdown in the beginning of 2020, a period of inner reflection and creative development reflected in the vast dark space occupied by fluid bodies. A starting point that would later result in what the artist considers a notable artwork METAPHOR OF THE VACUUM, 2022. Both a process research culmination and a subject to continue exploring in future projects.

"Through my work, I seek a conscious Emancipation, not limited to LGBTQ+ people, but rather an Emancipation of masculinity from toxic outdated paradigms.” - Alexandre Liberato
In Liquid Modernity, the philosopher Zygmunt Bauman states that "change is the only permanence and uncertainty the only certainty" and that nowadays "to be Modern means an infinity of improvement, with no "final state” insight and none desired". A statement that Liberato expresses in his work by exploring a new way of understanding the role of the human being, society, and their relationship with the environment, one that evokes the will to look forward, to hope anew. This fluidity which, rather than destroying rigid forms of old patriarchal thinking, wants to build an elastic understanding of the world, intends to claim an art where genderless sensitivity and emancipated beauty hold a primary role.

Artworks







NEW HEROES I, 2022 Drawing and inkjet print on paper.
30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in


NEW HEROES II, 2022 Drawing and inkjet print on paper.
30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in


NEW HEROES III, 2022 Drawing and inkjet print on paper.
30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in


NEW HEROES IV, 2022 Drawing and inkjet print on paper.
30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in







DISRUPTED WAVES, 2020Acrylic and inkjet print on paper.
90 x 90 cm | 35.4 X 35.4 in


BUILDING NEW STRUCTURES, 2021 Drawing on unstretched canvas.
191 x 139 cm | 75.2 x 54.7 in


METAPHOR OF THE VACUUM, 2022 Acrylic and UV-print on unstretched canvas.
200 x 240 cm | 78,7 x 94,5 in


METAPHOR OF THE VACUUM, 2022Recorded Performance. Video loop, 1'9'', color, sound.






ODE TO SENSITIVITY, 2021 Acrylic on unstretched cotton sheet.
204 x 143 cm | 80.3 x 56.3 in


UNTITLED IV, 2021 Acrylic and inkjet print on unstretched cotton sheet.
44 x 51 cm | 17.3 x 20.1 in


UNTITLED (RED CIRCLE), 2022 Acrylic and inkjet print on canvas.
41.5 x 31 cm | 16.3 x 12.2 in


LOST TRANSMISSIONS #7, 2020 Acrylic and inkjet print on paper.
66 x 97 cm | 26 x 38.2 in





LOST TRANSMISSIONS #1, 2020 Acrylic and inkjet print on paper.
66 x 97 cm | 26 x 38.2 in
SENSING SPACE, 2020 Acrylic and inkjet print on paper.
118.5 x 87 cm | 46.7 x 34.3 in
NON-REALITIES, 2020 Video loop, 37", color, sound.
NON-REALITIES I, 2020 Mixed media on paper.
30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in







NON-REALITIES II, 2020 Mixed media on paper.
30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in


NON-REALITIES III, 2020 Mixed media on paper.
30 x 30 cm | 11.8 x 11.8 in


COLLIDING FIELDS DIPTYCH, 2020
Acrylic, wax and inkjet print on paper.
(2x) 92 x 147.5 cm | 36.2 X 58.1 in


INCLUSIVE SPACE I, 2022 Drawing and India ink on paper.
24 x 32 cm | 9.4 x 12.6 in







INCLUSIVE SPACE II, 2022 Drawing and India ink on paper.
24 x 32 cm | 9.4 x 12.6 in


INCLUSIVE SPACE III, 2022 Drawing and India ink on paper.
24 x 32 cm | 9.4 x 12.6 in


INCLUSIVE SPACE IV, 2022 Drawing and India ink on paper.
24 x 32 cm | 9.4 x 12.6 in


COMPOSITION 1, 2022 Mixed media on unstretched canvas.
20.5 x 26.5 cm | 8.1 x 10.4 in







COMPOSITION 3, 2022 Mixed media on unstretched canvas.
35 x 40.5 cm | 13.8 x 15.9 in


SOFT REBEL FIELD II, 2022 India ink on paper.
99 X 69 cm | 39 x 27.2 in


ABSTRACT MOVEMENT I, 2022 Mixed media on unstretched canvas.
51 x 40.5 cm | 20.1 x 15.9 in


ABSTRACT MOVEMENT II, 2022 Mixed media on unstretched canvas.
51 x 40.5 cm | 20.1 x 15.9 in







MICROPARTICLES, 2021Full HD video loop, 5'13'', color, sound.

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Alexandre Liberato (*1981, Lisbon) is a Portuguese visual artist based in Berlin. He holds a BA (Hons) in Architecture from the Technical University of Lisbon (2005) and attended CREART Labs in Barcelona (2017). His work has been exhibited internationally in Berlin at KINDL - Center for Contemporary Art, Gallery Heike Arndt DK, Hošek Contemporary, 48 Stunden Neukölln Festival, and Projektraum 145; in Barcelona at Espacio 88; as well as at the Thessaloniki Queer Art Online Festival. In 2019, KONVENT.ZERO, Barcelona selected Liberato for its artist-in-residence program.