Ornament 1884 - 1952

This 'Ornament' was crafted by Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries. It’s like a tiny world of pattern-making. I’m drawn to how the rigid grid gets disrupted by the organic, almost biological shapes woven within. There’s something deeply satisfying about the way the artist embraces this tension between order and chaos. Looking closely, you see how each small square contributes to the overall design, kind of like pixels forming an image, each mark carefully placed to build up the bigger picture. It reminds me of Hilma af Klint’s early abstract works, where she used geometric forms to explore spiritual ideas, but here, the intimate scale and handmade quality offer a more personal, almost meditative experience. It shows how art is always a conversation across time, each artist building upon the ideas of those who came before, but in their own way.