Roberto Cabot (

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, 1963) is a Brazilian visual artist.

Career

Roberto Cabot is a painter, sculptor and musician. He started including the

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in his art in 1986 and it soon became an integral part of his work. In 2008, he exhibited a large installation at the

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which simultaneously displayed several live images from

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s in different tropical areas of the world. This was the last installation in his series on the "

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," a point in space that contains all other points, as described in

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' homonymous short story. Roberto Cabot has displayed his work in many public and private collections, including the MASP and MAM - Gilberto Châteaubriand, in Brazil, Deutsche Bank and Hoffmann, in Germany, and CAAM - Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderna, in Spain.

Exhibits

*2008 Galerie Scala Berlin, "Alephology"; Martin Gropius Bau, "Tropics, Vision from the Center of the Earth", Berlin, Germany *2007 MAM - Museu de Arte Moderno, Rio de Janeiro, Novas Aquisições; Orlândia - Ocupação coletiva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. *2006 Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Museu Praia Reflexo; Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Köln. Germany; CCBB, Futebol, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; SESC Pinheiros, Futebol, São Paulo, Brazil; Fundação Telemar, Câmaras de Luz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. *2005 Galeria Manoel Macedo, Sensacionema, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Galeria Carmen de la Calle, El papel del papel, Madrid, Spain. *2004 Gal. Lurixs, Roberto Cabot, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, "Carnaval", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Arquivo Geral, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. *2002 XXV Bienal de São Paulo, Brasil; Kunst und Schock- Das Geheimnis des Anderen, Haus am Lutzowsplatz, Berlin, Germany.

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1963 births Living people Brazilian painters Artists from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-painter-stub

Career

Exhibits

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