Nr 1 2020

Armin Andreas Pangerl made this artwork, Nr 1, probably on paper, and it's full of handwritten text and detailed line drawings. I imagine him bent over the page, the pen scratching and gliding as he tries to keep up with the thoughts streaming from his head. It's like he’s constructing a world, one made of words and images tangled together. You can almost feel his hand moving across the surface, capturing fragments of thought and experience. There's a face near the bottom, staring right back at us, and it makes me wonder about the artist's state of mind, what he was going through as he was making this. It reminds me of other artists who use text and image together, like Cy Twombly or even some of the Surrealists, but with a raw, unfiltered energy. It’s the kind of piece that invites you to get lost in its details, to piece together its story. It shows how artists are constantly borrowing and building upon each other’s ideas, pushing the boundaries of what art can be.