*Dialogues and Impressions* marks the debut of Joana Vasconcelos’s seventeenth sketchbook, a new chapter in her ongoing archive of sketches, reflections, and experiments. This launch is presented in conjunction with a group exhibition featuring works by Pedro Cabrita Reis, Luiz Zerbini, Claude Viallat, José Eduardo Agualusa, Roberto Magalhães, Rafael Oliveira, and Daniel Gamelas, creating a rich dialogue among unique artistic trajectories.
Joana Vasconcelos
The Notebooks of My Life, 2021–2025
To mark the artist’s 50th birthday, these notebooks have given rise to a special project: a completely handcrafted edition that offers the public its first glimpse into this intimate archive of her creative process. Each notebook is transformed into a large-format artist’s book, accompanied by an original work—a unique, signed tile panel measuring 34 × 44 cm—presented in a 38 × 47 × 8 cm slipcase lined with materials as diverse as cork, mirror, fabric, and paper.
This edition, produced in Lisbon from 2021 to 2022, has a very limited print run: 9 copies plus 2 artist’s proofs per book, all signed and numbered.
The books are printed using fine-art printing on Hahnemühle Bamboo and Rice Paper. Each copy also includes a text by Valter Hugo Mãe, written specifically in Portuguese for this edition.
Luiz Zerbini
My Impressions, 2016
A large-format artist’s book (79 × 56 cm), created over the course of two years. Each copy comes with a signed, one-of-a-kind monotype. The book features 9 original works, including linocuts and woodcuts, laser-cut pieces, hand-painted elements, and text by Leda Catunda on rice paper.
Claude Viallat
Something we hadn't anticipated
An artist’s book created in 2023, consisting of 24 linen pages painted by Claude Viallat and 16 poems by James Sacré. Each copy, presented in a natural bamboo box (60 × 75 cm), combines painting and poetry in a dialogue between color, material, and words. Limited edition of 15 copies and 5 hors commerce, under the editorial direction of Lucia Bertazzo and Sergio Correa de Sampaio.
In partnership with URUCUM