Ricardo Passaporte

Ricardo Passaporte (1987, Lisbon, Portugal) received his BA and MA from Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã. Using imagery from mass media and advertising as inspiration, Ricardo Passaporte explores the symbolic role of found images. Referencing Outsider Art and engaging with the repetitiveness and impulsivity of graffiti, the artist draws attention to the hand-drawn, homespun nature of their creation. Passaporte ́s work raises questions in regards to the very nature of making art and the dichotomies between the mass-produced and the uniquely singular art object.