Dimensions: image: 520 x 320 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Hans Hartung | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Hans Hartung's "L10" presents a fascinating study in abstract expressionism. Editor: I find it striking—almost violent in its energy. Like a storm of ink. Curator: Note how Hartung employs bold, gestural strokes. The composition seems to reject traditional perspective, favoring instead a dynamic interplay of line and texture. Editor: It feels raw, immediate. Like he's channeling pure emotion through those marks. I can almost feel the artist’s hand moving across the page. Curator: Observe the restricted palette—the stark contrast between the black lines and the grey backdrop heightens the visual impact, creating a sense of depth despite the two-dimensionality. Editor: It leaves me with a sense of controlled chaos, a structured explosion on paper. There's something quite beautiful in that tension. Curator: Indeed, it speaks to the power of abstraction to convey profound emotional and intellectual ideas. Editor: It's a piece that stays with you, inviting reflection long after you've turned away.
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Hartung was acknowledged as one of the leading abstract painters in Paris after the Second World War. His prints relate closely to the thousands of brush and ink drawings that he made in 1953-6. Dynamic compositions emerge from clusters of lines tracing repeated gestures. Hartung believed that these forms were comparable to those in the natural world. He wrote: 'Our organic knowledge, whether it is of the flow of blood or of the force which is in a growing stem, finds its parallel, its equivalent, in what we create.' Gallery label, August 2004
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