Caspar Friedrich. Der Mönch am Meer. 1809
Caspar Friedrich. Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer
Rothko. Black over Grey. 1969
Vistes al KHM a Viena el maig de 2019, procedents d’una col·lecció privada. “Working with acrylic paint on canvases primed with white gesso, he separates the picture plane horizontally into two distinct fields with dark above and light below. His brushwork, particularly in the lower grey sections into which he folds ochre and blue, is unusually llose. Where the two fields meet, our minds invariably perceive a horizon line, which in turn encourages a reading of the works as desolate, abandoned landscapes. […] The critic Robert Rosenblum sought to establish a relationship with the work of German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich, specifically with the feelings of infinity and mortality evoked in paintings such as The Monk by the sea (1808-10), suggesting that ‘we ourselves are the monk before the sea’.
Els paisatges recorden també les fotografies del mar de Hiroshi Sugimoto. L’efecte del monjo contemplant un paisatge sublim és real. Els visitants quedaven quiets davant les pintures, com meditant.
A la llibreria hi tinc una postal amb un figureta en un bloc de formigó, que evoca la contemplació d’un horitzó:
