Weisse Struktur (Spiegelung) 1960

Gerhard von Graevenitz made this white structure, and I like to imagine he created it with a spirit of playful experimentation. It’s so simple: just a field of white with a pattern of round depressions, like a minimalist constellation. I wonder if he felt like a cartographer mapping out the cosmos when he made it? The evenness of the color and shape create a sense of calm, but the randomness of the dot placement disrupts any strict order. He embraces the aesthetic of seriality, which reminds me of work by artists like Sol LeWitt or Agnes Martin. It’s all about the subtle nuances and the tensions between order and chaos. Von Graevenitz seems to be asking, how can simple changes create unexpected visual experiences? For me, painting is always a dialogue with what has come before, and this piece inspires me to keep questioning the possibilities of color, form, and space.