Artist VHILS dissects the city by by taking apart and reassembling found objects

2014-10-15T11:37:00-04:00

Throughout the past decade, Portuguese artist VHILS – born Alexandre Farto [Lisbon, 1987] – has been making a name for himself by taking apart and reassembling found objects. He uses a multitude of materials and formats to voice his stance on the city, which he bases on his experience of living and working in Shanghai 上海, Moscow, New York, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Paris. VHILS now condenses his findings in his home town Lisbon - in an exhibition at Lisbon’s Electricity Museum – curated by João Pinharanda and aptly named ‘Dissection’ – drawing from his work to produce a collective memory of the city. It is the artist’s first big solo show. MovingCities published, in the October-November 2014 issue of Mark magazine #52, an interview with Portuguese street artist: read VHILS | Dissecting the City.

Extract from VHILS | Dissecting the City:

'Debris is a prime material for me,’ he says. ‘I like to use material that has been expelled from the city. I think this comes from my background in ...

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Artist VHILS dissects the city by by taking apart and reassembling found objects