Mind Rotation 2018

Eckart Hahn made this painting called Mind Rotation. Look at how he's layered that yellow paint so thick! It's like he's building up a wall of sunshine, only to then obscure it with these dark, brooding blocks up top. I can imagine him, brush in hand, wrestling with the image, adding and subtracting, trying to find the right balance between clarity and chaos. And then there's that gorilla, emerging from the depths with the rope! What's that about? I can't help but feel a pang of sympathy for the poor creature, caught in its own mental tangles. Hahn plays with the tension between representation and abstraction, inviting us to project our own anxieties and desires onto the canvas. In a way, all paintings are about mind rotation, aren't they? This back and forth exchange is what connects us as artists!