Svart og gul komposisjon 1957

Jakob Weidemann made this black and yellow composition, using paint, and most likely some brushes, but who knows, maybe a rag, maybe even a palette knife. I’m imagining Weidemann, pushing the paint around, adding and subtracting, lost in the dance of the brush and the canvas. The black shapes feel monumental, confident, while the yellow peeks through, creating tension. Look at the confident sweep of that yellow edge, how it defines the black. I think he’s searching for something, maybe a balance, or maybe just a feeling. It reminds me of Franz Kline, but with a Scandinavian twist. It’s like he's trying to capture a fleeting moment, an emotion, on the canvas. And that back and forth, that struggle, that's what makes the painting so alive, so full of energy. And that energy passes down through time, right into our eyes, even now.