Resumo:
The present dissertation, developed in the Master's Degree in Visual Arts of the School of Fine Arts
of the Post-Graduation Program in Visual Arts of the Federal University of Bahia, addresses the
path of the artist Artur Soar, in the conception and experimentation of the engraving technique on
the slate rock of Chapada. The methodological choice prioritizes the experience report, which begins
with the first artistic influences in the family home, in the region of Chapada Diamantina, through
the legacy of the artisanal use of this rock. As an object of study, the stone is presented to academia
as a support for artistic expression beyond the utilitarian sense that has been attributed to it. The
engraving was used as a method to originate images, based on an investigation on the properties of
slate from Chapada as a raw material and its viability as a matrix for the printing of a new graphic
modality of Brazilian origin, here called itagravura. The author draws on references like Fayga
Ostrower to reflect on his creative process in a dialogue that contemplates from rock art to art
engaged with social and political causes, and permeated by the impact of a pandemic. A narrative
that part of the relationship between the artist researcher and the legacy of his family and his region
deeply marked by the expressions of geology. In this course, the artist transits in multiple languages
in the visual field favored by engraving, both in stone and in wood and linoleum, and that transcends
research in exhibitions, literary publications and even the creation of a gallery in the interior of
Bahia State.
