Screenprint by artist André Capote – John Lennon

Screenprint by artist André Capote, "John Lennon". Dimensions: 56x40 cm image area; 60x45 cm paper size. Dated 2019. Hand-signed and numbered VIII/X by the artist. If you wish to purchase with a frame, an additional €60 applies. Hand-delivery available or shipping to your address in a large-diameter round tube. Home delivery incurs an additional charge of €8. Capote was born in Ílhavo in 1977. He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in 2002 and his Master’s Degree in Visual Arts at the University School of Coimbra’s Art Department in 2012. He has participated in numerous collective and solo exhibitions in locations including Ílhavo, Coimbra, Sintra, Albufeira, Cantanhede, Porto, Braga, and Lisbon. Since 2004, he has been a fine arts teacher. His work is represented in several national and international collections and has received recognition through various awards and distinctions, such as: 1990 – First Prize in Ceramics, Plastic Arts Salon, Ílhavo Museum 1998 – First Prize in Painting, SIM-RIA, Aveiro 2002 – Honorable Mention, Young Creators, Aveiro 2005 – Platinum Honorable Mention, Vila Verde Biennial, Vila Verde 2010 – “Leme das Artes” Award, Associação Os Ílhavos 2013 – Founder of the Academy of Fine Arts of Ílhavo 2014 – Member of the Painting Jury for “Aveiro Jovem Criador”, from 2014 to present "When bodies and faces emerge from the crowd toward new destinies, it is because some essential quality within them—by virtue of its indispensable distinctiveness—rivals the visibility of stars. The radiance of singularities such as art, strength, beauty, or intelligence gilds the human dimension and creates archetypes. This occurs, in fact, because idols belong to those who construct the heavens in which they are replicated—infinitely, ubiquitously, yet docilely. Only when directed toward an audience eager for identification do they become agents of change, capable of transforming the world. Their significance thus lies directly in the quality of the people who embrace them. They die with the generations that nurture and soothe them, becoming memory as time turns. Idols make history—and some, revived through new languages, even occupy the core of perpetually relevant discourses. Andy Warhol’s work exemplifies this most clearly, providing the conceptual impetus for Capote’s paintings. This is an unavoidable parallel, further mirrored in a shared aesthetic preference—or, if preferred, in an icon-oriented aesthetic already intersecting with international Transavantgarde. Every people has its beloved icons, yet the universality of principles embraces them without conflict. In a sense, this is precisely what Capote confronts: by resorting to seemingly random choices, he redefines the problem of social icons, integrating them inherently and purposefully into a communication already widely accepted. Treatment and color, textures and composition, the foundational screenprinting process, and the rhythmic arrangement of figures within the available space—all reflect the sensitivity of this artist, whose practice is guided predominantly by the need for precise chronological alignment and by research that validates his meritorious trajectory." Edgardo Xavier A.I.C.A. – International Association of Art Critics