R61-5 - Jalouzieënreliëf/Fanlight-shutters 1961

This is "R61-5 - Jalouzieënreliëf/Fanlight-shutters" by Johannes Jan Schoonhoven, but what materials did he use? Well, the subtle variations in white show a careful process of layering and building up texture. Up close, you can see how the ridges aren't perfectly uniform. It's like Schoonhoven found a rhythm in repetition, a kind of meditative act that brings imperfections into the grid. The slight shifts in the light and shadow as it catches the ridges gives a tactile quality. I find myself wondering if the fanlight once lived somewhere else. Schoonhoven's work reminds me of Agnes Martin, someone else who used repetition and grids, but with a very different sensibility. While Martin's paintings evoke a sense of ethereal calm, Schoonhoven's fanlight has a more grounded, almost architectural feel.