De nieuwe dag na een storm 1980

Harrie Gerritz made this print called 'De nieuwe dag na een storm' - 'The New Day After the Storm' - and what strikes me is its simplicity, like a child's drawing almost. The way Gerritz layers shapes and colors feels intuitive. The rickety structure in black contrasts with the soft pink circle above it, a formal device that keeps your eye bouncing around. The green block sits solid and flat against the patterned lines beneath it - a kind of knowing naivety. There's a raw quality to the image, a sense of directness. The textures he achieves in the blocks makes me think of outsider art and artists like Bill Traylor, who used simple means to create incredibly powerful images. It reminds us that art is not just about skill, but about seeing and feeling. It's about that ongoing conversation artists have, across time and space, about what it means to be human.