{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Urban Reality Show - Pedro Matos","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos-urban-art.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-05-11T15:36:45Z","description":"“Reality Show” is the title of an amazing urban art exhibition by Portuguese artist Pedro Matos, which will take place this June in Lisbon. You don’t know him? You have to!","html":"\u003cp\u003eOh yes, I have a new hero - It’s the young Portuguese urban artist \u003cstrong\u003ePedro Matos\u003c/strong\u003e, who convinces with an unbelievable painting talent!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis June he will open his new solo-exhibition called “Reality Show” in Lisbon, what makes me angry because I can’t be there. The very amazing artworks (they are great, right?) of his recent series are a mixture of rough and dirty aerosol paintings and fine, detailed oil and acrylic paintings, mostly showing  portrays. It’s like post-graffiti meets an old master of arts!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePedro Matos started painting at the age of 16 (2006) completely self-taught and began by showing his work in small local venues. Simultaneously, Pedro pasted up original charcoal drawings, first in the streets of Lisbon and then around Europe. (\u003ca href=\"http://wallkandy.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/pedro-matos/\"\u003ewallkandy\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea behind Pedro’s art is to combine his work on the street and in the galleries. And it works! I love it. What do you think? For more info about Pedro Matos and his show, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.pedromatos.org/\"\u003epedromatos.org\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1400px; --image-ratio: 1400 / 1756\" data-source-width=\"1400\" data-source-height=\"1756\" data-width-cap=\"1400\" data-height-cap=\"1756\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_5abade462b7cf18e.avif 480w, /pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_7ece980d8a3fd4fa.avif 960w, /pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_74f219fbeb3336ad.avif 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_ed31b7e82ba8ce20.webp 480w, /pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_77d9f6bde42193d5.webp 960w, /pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_9ec473813d8a584b.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_a06ae3ebf2d04848.jpg\" srcset=\"/pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_71125bd51e6c79cc.jpg 480w, /pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_5cee1205ab7a9051.jpg 960w, /pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos_hu_a06ae3ebf2d04848.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1756\" alt=\"pedro matos - reality show\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003epedro matos - reality show\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nOh yes, I have a new hero - It’s the young Portuguese urban artist **Pedro Matos**, who convinces with an unbelievable painting talent!\n\nThis June he will open his new solo-exhibition called “Reality Show” in Lisbon, what makes me angry because I can’t be there. The very amazing artworks (they are great, right?) of his recent series are a mixture of rough and dirty aerosol paintings and fine, detailed oil and acrylic paintings, mostly showing  portrays. It’s like post-graffiti meets an old master of arts!\n\n\u003e Pedro Matos started painting at the age of 16 (2006) completely self-taught and began by showing his work in small local venues. Simultaneously, Pedro pasted up original charcoal drawings, first in the streets of Lisbon and then around Europe. ([wallkandy](http://wallkandy.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/pedro-matos/))\n\nThe idea behind Pedro’s art is to combine his work on the street and in the galleries. And it works! I love it. What do you think? For more info about Pedro Matos and his show, visit [pedromatos.org](http://www.pedromatos.org/).\n\n![pedro matos - reality show](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/pedro-matos.jpg\u003e)\n\npedro matos - reality show ","tags":["Pedro Matos"],"title":"Urban Reality Show - Pedro Matos","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/pedro-matos-urban-reality-show/"}