Untitled 1970

Ad Dekkers made this ‘Untitled’ artwork, and what’s striking is its serene, almost meditative quality. The painting looks like a carefully calibrated dance of lines against a pale background. Imagine Dekkers in his studio, contemplating the canvas, maybe stepping back, squinting, fine-tuning each line with precision. I wonder if he considered how these simple marks could resonate with such quiet intensity? It makes me think about other artists who pared things down to their essence, like Agnes Martin. There’s a shared interest in reduction, a quest to find the sublime in the understated. What I find compelling is how a few lines can feel like so much. Dekkers is in dialogue with other minimalists, but he also speaks to something deeply human—the impulse to find balance and harmony in a world that’s anything but. It’s a reminder that even the simplest gestures can carry profound meaning.