Transformation 1947

This is Leo Leuppi’s ‘Transformation’, a painting of unknown date, probably made with oil on canvas. The painting is all about shapes and how they interact. It's like a puzzle, or maybe even a dance, with these soft white forms floating over a sea of blues. Look at the surface, you can see the marks of the brush in the blue squares. It’s not trying to hide the process, but rather shows it off. Then you have these smooth, almost ghostly white shapes. What are they? Are they seeds, molecules, or just abstract forms? It’s fun to imagine what they might be transforming into! There's a sense of quiet contemplation here, and it reminds me a bit of Hilma af Klint’s mystical diagrams, but with a Swiss twist. Like her work, this painting invites us to ponder the unseen forces that shape our world, embracing the ambiguity of art in the process.