Xilempasto 3. 2011.
Mixed media. Laminated wood and pigment.
220 x 330 x 43 cm (86.6 x 129.9 x 16.9 in). [EH].

• Henrique Oliveira creates an organic materiality in his works that questions the boundary between the natural and the man-made.
• The characteristic work shows the transformation of wood into a seemingly flowing structure of material and color.
• Works by Henrique Oliveira can be found at, among others, the Centro per L'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, and the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.

Accompanied by an artist-confirmed certificate issued by Galerie Vallois, Paris, from October 17, 2011.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (since 2011, acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Henrique Oliveira, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, September 9 - October 9, 2011.

LITERATURE: http://www.henriqueoliveira.com/portu/comercio_i.asp?flg_Lingua=1&cod_menu_obras=1&cod_Serie=20&cod_Artista=1.