Trompete zum Hören von Tisch 2019

Lech Jankowski made this 40 x 27 cm painting called "Trompete zum Hören von Tisch" with layers of texture in a limited palette of creams, browns, black and yellow. I can imagine the artist building up the surface, almost like creating a landscape with peaks and valleys. What's fascinating is how Jankowski uses the texture to suggest form. The flower, or trumpet, emerges from the dark shape at the bottom, reaching upwards. I wonder if he worked on this intuitively, letting the painting guide him, maybe starting with the ground then pulling the flower up from it? The way the colors blend and bleed into each other gives a dreamlike quality. Painters are in an ongoing conversation. I bet Jankowski was looking at other artists, maybe someone like Anselm Kiefer, who also builds up surfaces to create powerful, evocative images. This piece embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, so you can let it resonate with you in whatever way feels right.