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The exhibition is divided into two basic blocks: a series of films, realized together with Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, entitled \u201cO Rei dos Gnomos\u201d [King of Dwarf] or \u201cKing Ghob\u201d, and a number of works related with the universe depicted in the films, which suggest possible readings and developments that take those mythologies as a starting point.\r\n\r\nThe starting point for the films is the real story of Francisco Leit\u00e3o, a Portuguese who called himself King of Dwarfs, or King Ghob, appropriating the name of a mythological character who, according to popular beliefs, would have magical powers. Through homemade videos, published on Youtube, Leit\u00e3o attracted youths to his home in the countryside, a castle-like building, full of dwarfs and mythological sculptures, mixed with Disney characters. 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In fact, and coherently with the general theme, all the works propose, in a slightly ironical manner, a double reading, as if they hid the key to the observer\u2019s salvation, or his perdition. Not unlikely what happened in previous works by Jo\u00e3o Pedro Vale, the images and the way they are built are revealed little by little, for example in the stereogram-based paintings, which reveal a different image behind their surface; or in the phosphorescent paintings, whose motifs are only revealed when the light is turned off; or else, in the lenticular prints, that can only be perceived by the eye when moving upon them; or in the works that appear to be made of mother-of-pearl, but are in fact painstaking constructions of food-wrapping film.\r\n\r\nAbout the Artist\r\n\r\nJo\u00e3o Pedro Vale has had numerous exhibitions including solo shows at Funda\u00e7\u00e3o PLMJ, Lisbon; Nurtureart, New York; Museu do Chiado, Lisbon; Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna; Museo de Arte Contepor\u00e1neo Union Fenosa, Spain and group exhibitions including Elipse Foundation, Portugal; Bienal de Portugal; Museo Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, Spain; Centre PasquArt, Swiss and Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Pinacoteca, Brazil. 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