Gusmão and Paiva

Getting into bed . 2011



Ikon Gallery . + Sociedade Internacional de Abissologia

Portuguese artists João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva have worked together since 2001, creating objects, installations and short films which they describe as ‘poetic philosophical fiction’.Gusmão and Paiva’s work reveals a deep curiosity about the nature of reality and embodies a constant dialogue between fact and fiction, humour and poetry. They are infuenced by a wide range of references including historical literature, mythology and the occult, informing their own pseudo-scientifc investigations.
Ikon Gallery


Ventriloquism . 2009


3 Suns . 2009


Water mill . 2012