Untitled 1973

Here is the audio guide script about the artwork: This is one of Johannes Jan Schoonhoven's grid reliefs, and I just wanna say, I think he was a bit of a maniac, or maybe just super dedicated to his art. I can imagine him in his studio, methodically building up this surface, one tiny square at a time. Each square is like a little world of its own, a mini-sculpture in a vast, repeating pattern. It's like, he’s not just making a painting, he's constructing a whole landscape of texture and light. And it's so quiet, so subtle, but also kind of intense in its repetition. Schoonhoven's got something in common with Agnes Martin or Sol Lewitt, this idea of systematic, almost meditative mark-making. But there's also a really human touch. These artists are all in conversation, right? Playing off each other, pushing the limits of what painting can be. And for Schoonhoven, that meant embracing the grid, but doing it in a way that feels both rigorous and deeply personal.