João Saramago

João Saramago

Lisbon, Portugal

Inspired by nature and music, João’s hypnotic images resemble living cells or roots, seen through a magnifying glass. The artist explores the concepts of time, transformation, stillness, repetition and movement. He tries to translate these matters onto paper and leaves space for the viewer to get lost in them.

Regardless of any rational meanings, João’s work is primarily about the process of drawing itself. Most of the pieces take him about 50 to 70 hours to complete! The artist experiments with automatic drawing and confesses, that he can draw circles five hours straight, expressing the subconscious as in a meditative practice.