𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞... 𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.
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I’ve had the honor—and the ultimate joy—of closely following the work of Paulo Monteiro (
@paulo_monteiro_studio ) for the past ten years or so—that is, since the very beginning of my own path. Few artists have conveyed so much to me with so little—shaping, in the most essential way, my very understanding of what making art can be. So it was no small thing to organize and edit his new monographic book, and to finally publish an essay I began drafting back in 2018 and only completed last year, entitled “The Movement of the Dot in the World”.
Published by Skira (
@skira_arte ), the book offers an expansive overview of Monteiro’s oeuvre in recent years. Alongside my contribution, it features a heartfelt essay by Yann Chateigné Tytelman (
@_________yannctytelman ) and a marvelous interview conducted by Marta Papini (
@marta_papini ). Together, these texts weave biographical threads with critical insights into a body of work that now spans more than forty years. As free as it is rigorous, Monteiro’s practice is a continuous investigation—through painting, drawing, and sculpture—into the nature of movement, the thresholds of form, and the possibilities of the line as an organic, dynamic, and yet controlled, principle.
Endless gratitude to Costanza De Bellegarde (
@costanza_debellegarde ), Heloisa Franco (
@heloisafranco ), and Ana Varella (
@anavarella ) & the incredible Mendes Wood DM team (
@mendeswooddm ).
Art Direction and Design: Al mare. Studio (
@almare.studio )
📸 EstudioemObra (
@estudioemobra )
