Untitled 2019

This untitled work is a 20 by 25 cm drawing by Thomas Riesner. It’s got this raw, immediate feel, like Riesner just went for it, you know? Look at the textures: smudgy charcoal or crayon pulling across the paper, not trying to be smooth or controlled. See the figure on the left? There are these spikey marks all around it, they are almost like some kind of weird halo, drawn with real intensity. It reminds me of the way Cy Twombly would scribble and scrawl, but here it's more about getting something out, making the image as quickly as possible. The faces of both figures are really intriguing, just these empty voids, but still so expressive. It's like they're shouting without making a sound, their silence somehow louder than any words. This piece feels like a raw nerve, honest and unedited. Art doesn't always have to be polished; sometimes, it's the imperfections that make it real.