Diogo Pimentão employs paper and graphite as a starting point for his drawing experiments, blurring the boundaries between drawing and sculpture. Using a method he calls ‘blind drawing’ Pimentão coats paper sheets with often freely moving graphite particles, subsequently folding and layering them to create structures that defy the lightness of paper, resembling welded metals. The process of folding and recycling embodies the artist’s interest in the memory and history of materials as well as his fascination with hidden or concealed aspects of a structure or process. The result of Pimentãos’ practice is at times unpredictable, both for his drawings- as well as his three-dimensional objects.
Selected work
Luminous (collision)
Paper and graphite
89x89cm
2023
Malleable (intricacy)
Museum board and graphite
65,5x47cm
2023
Intricate (alignment)
Museum board and graphite
65,5x50 cm
2023
Continuous (stance)
Gator foam and graphite
72 x 57,2 cm
2023