Albanian with horse 2014

Gazmend Freitag created this 65 x 49 cm drawing, titled "Albanian with horse," using sanguine pencil to illustrate the scene. The artwork is defined by its linear emphasis. The consistent use of sanguine strokes on a neutral ground evokes a sense of warmth and immediacy, characteristic of preliminary sketches. Observe how Freitag’s technique echoes the concerns of structuralism, where the emphasis is on understanding the underlying structures that give meaning to cultural products. Here, the line functions as a sign, a coded symbol that constructs our understanding of form and space. The horse and rider are delineated with an economy of means, yet the minimal lines capture movement and form, suggesting the symbolic relationship between man, animal, and landscape. In closing, note how the strategic incompleteness of the drawing invites interpretation, embodying post-structuralist ideas where meaning is always deferred and contingent. Freitag's work destabilizes fixed notions, and the sketch becomes an open field for exploration, revealing the unstable nature of representation itself.