Two female groups 

Editor: Here we have August Babberger’s drawing, "Two female groups," made with… what looks like chalk on paper. I’m struck by the… disjointedness. The composition feels very fragmented, almost like two separate studies mashed together. What do you make of it? Curator: Fragmentation is an apt observation. Note how Babberger bifurcates the plane, offering two distinct groupings. Observe the figures; simplified, almost abstracted, their forms delineated by stark outlines. Consider the chromatic tension – the cool blues and grays juxtaposed against the warmer greens and browns. Editor: So the colours create a separation, almost a visual argument, right? Are the blank faces of the figures also part of this fragmentation or… anonymity? Curator: Precisely. The reduction of facial features contributes to a sense of detachment. Babberger reduces the figures to fundamental shapes, exploring the relationship between form and color, not the individual. Is there a structural pattern that recurs within both groups? Editor: Well, each group of figures has very basic colour schemes. But it's not immediately apparent. I wonder if he's going for simplicity or something more chaotic. Curator: The apparent simplicity belies a sophisticated engagement with modernist aesthetics. Babberger employs a limited palette and flattened perspective. Are the structural forms, simplified as they might be, repeated and are they distorted within a coherent scheme? The answer lies within your observation, do you not agree? Editor: I do! Focusing on composition allows one to bypass the need to look at… anything else beyond line and form. Thanks! Curator: It is in deconstructing that structure wherein we glean new interpretations.