Juliao Sarmento Echo - Art Catalogue Author:Paulo Herkenhoff, Antonio Damaso, Juliao Sarmento Ever since his participation in the 1982 Documenta, the artistic position of Juli-o Sarmento has been discussed in the context of Neo-Expressionism and Trans-avantguardia. A closer look at his work, however, reveals a different development of themes and narrative elements from his filmic and photographic work of the 70s. While the parallel use o... more »f divergent techniques and media is not an end in itself, it can serve to visualize the insoluble poles of the sensuous and the conceptual as they appear in an individual work. Echo, published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, provides a survey of the most important aspects of Sarmento's work over the last 30 years, including works of photography, film, painting, and sculpture.« less