Ontwerp voor een tapijt met geometrisch patroon 1928

This is Dirk Verstraten’s carpet design, made with pencil and paint, featuring geometric patterns. The work is dominated by a play of lines and layered squares in muted tones. The palette is restricted and subdued, creating a harmonious, almost meditative effect. The composition seems ordered, yet the intersecting lines introduce a visual complexity that defies easy resolution. Verstraten employs a structuralist approach to form. The interplay of these geometric forms creates a semiotic system, where each shape acts as a sign within a larger, constructed language. The design challenges fixed meanings and reflects a modern sensibility. We can interpret this as an attempt to create a new visual order. The piece operates as part of a broader discourse around modernism, where artists sought to distill forms to their most basic elements, reflecting a desire to uncover universal structures of meaning. This pattern is not merely aesthetic but deeply embedded in a cultural and philosophical quest for clarity and order.