Onregelmatige cirkel 1959

Editor: This is Nono Reinhold's "Onregelmatige cirkel" from 1959, a monotype print on paper. It’s strikingly… raw, somehow. Like a deconstructed halo. What do you see in this piece? Curator: I see a relic of modernist anxieties, grappling with fractured forms. It evokes a sense of broken wholeness, of spiritual unity disrupted by the chaotic realities of the 20th century. Notice how the 'irregular circle' is composed of roughly hewn shapes, almost like tectonic plates shifted by unseen forces. Editor: So, it's less about a perfect circle and more about the forces that shape and break it? Curator: Precisely! Think about the symbolism of the circle throughout history – cycles, eternity, completion. Reinhold seems to be intentionally undermining these associations. This print, rendered in monochrome, invites contemplation on absence, incompleteness. How does that central void affect you? Editor: It does give me a feeling of emptiness, like something's missing. Like a shattered ideal. Curator: It speaks to a crisis of meaning, perhaps. A cultural memory of wholeness undermined by the anxieties of the post-war era. The monochrome also evokes ancient traditions and practices in a minimalistic modern framework. Do you get a feeling for this connection between past and present? Editor: I do, especially how it subverts traditional notions and reminds us that even the most solid shapes may reveal fragmentation when viewed closely. Curator: Indeed. Reinhold offers not resolution, but a space for us to confront our own fragmented realities, reflected in this deconstructed symbol. Editor: That's powerful. It makes me see the image – and the era – in a completely new way.