Abstracte compositie 1992

Harrie Gerritz made this abstract composition with paint, but the precise date isn't known. The texture is smooth but visible and gives us a kind of quiet hum, a felt experience of looking. The colour palette reminds me of Bonnard; soft and warm, but the construction and the dark column to the left suggest something more architectural. I really like the area in the center which looks like a tessellated quilt or field. It feels like a handmade thing, personal but at the same time, a window onto the world. It doesn’t exactly represent something; more like it opens a space for something to happen. The white sun shape on top is so simple and clear that it almost feels too direct. It’s like, what is this directness doing here? Gerritz's work shares an interesting dialogue with someone like Mary Heilmann, both using abstraction to evoke emotional and sensory experiences, but through very different means. Ultimately, this piece embraces the beauty of ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations, and that’s what keeps it alive.