Diogo Pimentão's Drawing as Sculpture and Sound at Galerie Schleicher+Lange

At Galerie Schleicher+Lange in Paris, Diogo Pimentão presents an exhibition where drawing transcends into sculpture and even sound. The show features found objects from the studio, such as packaging from a ream of paper used for rubbing drawings, revealing graphite marks on plastic alongside a barcode label. A stretched thread serves as a guide for drawing on a long sheet, evoking choreography. Folded paper becomes sculpture, with the sheet determining forms like a flattened tube or a grooved pyramid. A wooden construction rises from a floor drawing. The sound of graphite thrown into a paper box is suggested by a large sheet with blackened edges and a white halo. The artist's breath, inhaling and exhaling cigarette smoke, appears on burned CD cases arranged in a silent score. A paper strip tensioned by a cement weight tests material resistance. Critic Anaël Pigeat notes the exhibition is more arid than previous works yet surprising, likening it to the meditation of Chinese scholars before a blank page. The exhibition runs from September 10 to October 29, 2011.