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Lisbon, 1956
Lives and works in Lisbon

Cabrita's complex work can be characterized by an idiosyncratic philosophical and poetic discourse that encompasses a wide variety of media: painting, photography, drawing, and sculptures composed of industrial materials and found objects.

His work has received international acclaim, becoming crucial to the understanding of sculpture since the mid-1980s. Through the use of simple materials subjected to constructive processes, Cabrita recycles almost anonymous reminiscences of primordial gestures and repeated actions from everyday life. Focusing on issues related to space and memory, his works acquire a suggestive associative power that can reach a metaphorical dimension, beyond the visual.

The complex theoretical and formal diversity of Cabrita's work stems from an anthropological reflection, contrary to the reductionism of sociological discourse. Indeed, silences and reflections are the foundation of Cabrita's work.