Geometrische Komposition 1982

Verena Loewensberg made this geometric composition, and it’s like a puzzle, or a map, made of hard-edged shapes and clean lines. I can imagine her, thinking, plotting, and planning, but also being intuitive. It's a balancing act that I know well! There's an order to it, a system of horizontal and vertical bars. Then BAM! a few rogue red squares jump out at you. Those squares feel disruptive, playful even. They defy the logic of all those lines and create a dynamic tension. It reminds me a bit of Sol LeWitt, but with a warmer touch, a kind of Swiss Modernism with a heartbeat. The more I look, the more I feel like I am looking into a mind, into a series of decisions, a quiet visual language being worked out in real time. It is through these gestures that painting continues, always, and the conversation continues, too!