Álvaro Siza: In/discipline

Álvaro Siza (1933), Plan, Bouca, Porto, 1973. Print on Film, 320 × 415 mm. DMC 2841.2.

18 September 2019 – 3 February 2020, Museu de Serralves, Porto
View the exhibition in VR here.

Curated by Nuno Grande and Carlos Muro

This exhibition sought to present a view of Siza’s methodology over six decades of work. Highlighting moments of unorthodox practice within his sketchbooks: pictures, poems and caricatures amid rigid plans softened with colour and sketchmarks.

View of the Exhibition hall. In/Discipline – Álvaro Siza. Photograph by Raul Betti, image courtesy Serralves Museum
View of the Exhibition hall. In/Discipline – Álvaro Siza. Photograph by Raul Betti, image courtesy Serralves Museum

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, one of the children of Siza’s creative method, this exhibition shows how this approach was adapted and refitted to different projects throughout his career.

Álvaro Siza (1933), plan, Bouca, Porto, 1973. Multimedia; coloured felt tip pen and pencil over a printed base, 298 × 577 mm. DMC 2841.11.

View a lightbox of material from the Drawing Matter Collection loaned to this exhibition here. The exhibition is mentioned in the DM article Houses of Work and Play.