“O Mundo às Avessas” (The World Upside-Down), the most recent show by Portuguese artist Miguel Palma, brought together eleven of his most important works, offering for the first time a selective overview of his prolific output. Dating from 1993 to the present, these mostly large-scale sculptures chronicle Palma’s fascination with technology and his entropic vision of the world. Most of the works were installed in separate rooms, however, neutralizing the almost chaotic aspect of Palma’s practice.

One of Palma’s most significant works is Engenho (Device), 1993, an elegantly stylized single-seat