� Jo�o Maria Gusm�o + Pedro Paiva, The Great Drinking Bout, 2007 16mm film, colour, no sound, 8min57sec. Produced by: ZdB, Lisbon. Acknowledgements: Centro Cultural Inhotim, Minas Gerais and Fortes Vila�a Gallery, Sao Paulo.
Jo�o Maria Gusm�o (Lisbon, 1979) and Pedro Paiva (Lisbon, 1977) are artists of a new generation with a recent and unusually solid career. In the last decade the duo�s participation in international contexts such as the 27th S�o Paolo Biennial, the 6th Mercosul Biennial, Manifesta 7, PhotoEspa�a 08 along with exhibitions, among others, at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco and Kunstverein Hanover has contributed to the consolidation of their work. Upcoming are exhibitions at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and Inhotim Cultural Center, Minas Gerais.
The artists are represented by Galeria Gra�a Brand�o, Lisbon, Galleria Zero, Milan and Galeria Fortes Vila�a, S�o Paulo.
Jo�o Maria Gusm�o and Pedro Paiva
Lisbon
Portugal
Europe