Elementair Structure 1974

Anton Heyboer made this ink drawing, Elementair Structure, with a scratchy, restless hand. It's like a blackboard covered with notes, diagrams, and symbols, all layered and interwoven. I imagine Heyboer in his studio, surrounded by his own personal mythology, using these drawings to map out his own unique vision of the world. There are figures, maybe self-portraits, standing atop plinths, looking out at us. The lines are nervous and energetic, like thoughts spilling out onto the page, raw and unfiltered. The texture is rough, the ink unevenly applied, creating a sense of depth and shadow. It reminds me a bit of Cy Twombly's scribbled surfaces. Both artists were so prolific. You get the sense that Heyboer, like Twombly, was chasing something elusive, some kind of truth, through mark-making. These works offer a kind of raw, unedited expression. It's like catching a glimpse of an artist's mind at work, stumbling, searching, and always pushing forward.