Graphic sculptures or Spatial drawings are three-dimensional installations that provoke a different view on drawing. They are produced using a range of materials at various scales, whether in architectural or natural spaces.

Alva com 8 cabeças (White with 8 heads), 2010 (from the Graphic Sculptures series). MDF and balsa wood; Variable dimensions; Artist’s collection. Partial view of the exhibition ‘Ponto de equilíbrio’ at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo – Brazil, 2010. Curators Agnaldo Farias e Jacopo Crivelli. Photographic record: Everton Ballardin.

Black Tie 8 cabeças (Black Tie 8 heads), 2009 – 2011 (from the Graphic Sculptures series). Oil and wood; Variable dimensions; Artist’s collection. Photographic record: Julio Callado.

Full, 2010 (from the Graphic Sculptures series). Balsa wood, MDF and acrylic; Variable dimensions; Artist’s collection.Partial view of the exhibition ‘Full’ at Galeria Marília Razuk, São Paulo – Brazil, 2010. Photographic record: Everton Ballardin.

Super Oxy com 12 cabeças (Super Oxy with 12 heads), 2010 (from the Graphic Sculptures series). SAC steel (equivalent to Corten); Variable dimensions; Artist’s collection. Partial view of the exhibition ‘José Bechara: Fendas’ at Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM/RJ), Brazil, 2010. Curator Luis Camillo Osório. Photographic record: Vicente de Mello.

Ultramar com 9 cabeças (Ultramarine with 9 heads), 2010 (from the Graphic Sculptures series); Vinyl emulsion and ultramarine pigment on pine and balsa wood; Variable dimensions; Artist’s collection. Partial view of the exhibition ‘José Bechara: como piscada de vaga-lume’ at CarpeDiem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon – Portugal, 2010. Photographic record: Fernando Piçarro.

Super Oxy com 6 cabeças (Super Oxy with 6 heads), 2010 (from the Graphic Sculptures series). SAC Steel; Variable dimensions; Private collection. Photographic record: Vicente de Mello

Ultramar em aço com 5 cabeças (Ultramarine in steel with 5 heads), 2012 (from the Graphic Sculptures series). Ultramarine pigment on steel; Variable dimensions. Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga, Portugal

Miss Lu Silver Super-Super, 2009-13 (from the Graphic Sculptures series); cast aluminium; variable dimensions; artist’s collection. Partial view of the exhibition ‘Repertório para aproximação de suspensos’ at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo – Brazil, 2013. Photographic record: Rômulo Fialdini.