ADN Galeria company logo
ADN Galeria
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Fairs
  • News
  • Activities
  • Blog
  • Collection
  • Viewing room
  • Contact
  • EN
  • CA
  • ES
Menu
  • EN
  • CA
  • ES
Fábio Colaço
Portugal, b. 1995

Fábio Colaço Portugal, b. 1995

  • Works
  • Installation shots
  • Biography
  • Exhibitions
  • News
  • Share
    • Facebook
    • X
    • Pinterest
    • Tumblr
    • Email
  • Previous artist Browse artists Next artist
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Fábio Colaço, Utopia, 2024
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Fábio Colaço, Utopia, 2024

Fábio Colaço Portugal, b. 1995

Utopia, 2024
Embroidered flag.
200 x 300 cm.
Edition of 3
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EF%C3%A1bio%20Cola%C3%A7o%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EUtopia%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E2024%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EEmbroidered%20flag.%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E200%20x%20300%20cm.%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22edition_details%22%3EEdition%20of%203%3C/div%3E

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Fábio Colaço, God Shoes #10, 2024
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Fábio Colaço, God Shoes #10, 2024
Flags are symbols of power and national identity. They mark borders, define territories and reflectthe authority of a state or nation over a given area. However, when the flag carries...
More information
Flags are symbols of power and national identity. They mark borders, define territories and reflectthe authority of a state or nation over a given area. However, when the flag carries a message thattranscends physical borders, it becomes an imaginary and fictional symbol. In this work, the flagceases to be a mere instrument of territorial control and becomes a vehicle for the imagination.The text directs the audience›s gaze towards a territory that cannot be found on maps, a placethat does not exist in the physical world, but in possibility, in hypothesis. It is a utopia, a conceptthat, as the title of the work suggests, escapes concrete reality and the political and geopoliticallimitations imposed on it. This utopia, unlike territories delimited by borders and flags, is fluid, opento constant re-creation and free from any external imposition. It represents the human capacityto dream of better worlds, to imagine spaces where justice, equality and freedom not only exist,but are perpetuated. By challenging conventional symbols of power, this flag invites the viewer toparticipate in the construction of new realities, where the limits of what is possible are constantlyexpanded by the power of the collective imagination.
Close full details
Previous
|
Next
5 
of  16
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 ADN Galeria.
Site by Artlogic

ADN Galeria. Carrer de Mallorca, 205. 08036 Barcelona
Tel. +34 93 451 00 64 | info@adngaleria.com

Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Twitter, opens in a new tab.
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Send an email
View on Google Maps

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Find out more about cookies.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences