Untitled 1987

Hannelore Baron made this 'Untitled' artwork, probably sometime in the mid-20th century, with what looks like ink and collage on paper. It's all about the process here, you can see the traces of how it was put together. The paper is stained and aged, kind of like a found object, and then Baron added these darker shapes and loose inky marks. I’m drawn to the lower left corner, where there's a square of dark material that's been roughly adhered, so it's peeling away at the edges. It gives the piece a real sense of fragility and impermanence. And the blue spots scattered around give it all a dreamlike, melancholic feeling. Baron’s work makes me think of Kurt Schwitters, especially the way both artists used found materials and a limited colour palette to create these very personal, intimate worlds. Art is an ongoing conversation, isn't it? It's all about interpreting, reacting, and keeping the dialogue going.