Useless Landscape

Dense and Opaque Drawings

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/dp5ktk45

Keywords:

Landscape, Drawing, body-matter, artistic procedure

Abstract

The essay presents a reflection on the series “Useless Landscape” (2022), composed of drawings made with asphalt paint on tracing paper. The works record direct gestures, evoking geological formations and exploring the relationship between matter, time and procedure. Inspired by Raymond Roussel's concept of “procedure”, the series investigates the limits of drawing as a creative process. The embodied images affirm the vitality of art beyond its material existence. The parallel textual production is integrated as an unfolding of the work, expanding its field of meaning. The work thus reveals an artistic practice that unites gesture, body and language.

Author Biography

  • Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Paula, PPGAV-UDESC/UNESPAR

    Visual artist and researcher. Master in Visual Arts in the Contemporary Artistic Processes line from the State University of Santa Catarina (2022). Graduated in Visual Arts from the State University of Ponta Grossa (2020). Works with sculpture, drawing and installation. Researches issues related to the tension between body and matter, trauma, gesture and surface. Member of the research group Contemporary Engraving: reflections and creative process - GRACON.

References

AIRA, Cesar. Pequeno manual de procedimentos. Curitiba: Arte & Letra, 2017.

ROUSSEL, Raymond. Como escrevi alguns dos meus livros. Tradução bilíngue. Prefácio de Joca Reiners Terron; posfácio de Claudio Willer. São Paulo: Cultura e Barbárie, 2015.

Título da revista em preto, sobre fundo com recorte da imagem da obra de Chris Coutinho, "Névoa". A imagem mostra uma ilustração de tronco de árvore com barco ao fundo. A ilustração é feita em camadas semi transparentes de papel manteiga e tecido voal, o que torna as cores e formas enevoadas.

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Published

27-06-2025

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 25 (2025)

Section

Visual essays

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Copyright (c) 2025 Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Paula

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How to Cite

Useless Landscape: Dense and Opaque Drawings. (2025). Revista Do Colóquio, 15(25), 235-250. https://doi.org/10.47456/dp5ktk45

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