Jürgen Partenheimer, Spectral Void Reframed I, II, III (Houston), 2024

2024

Medium

Watercolor and pencil on paper

Dimensions

26 × 34 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-156050

The series "Spectral Void" (2024) comprises drawings that explore emptiness as a force, as a conscious renunciation, and at the same time as a sensuous aesthetic experience. The works reflect fragile lines, forms, and colors, between which a space opens up for the artist where the unknown and unnamed can find a place. While some works allow a subtle reference to the perceptible world, others rely entirely on imagination and dispense with concrete connections. Thus, free spaces are created that offer opportunities for both the viewer and the motifs themselves to unfold. Partenheimer's abstraction points to dimensions where emptiness defines aesthetically, philosophically, and ecologically necessary spaces and highlights essential functions of societal systems. "Spectral Void" opens abstract spaces that maintain the balance between presence and absence. The three drawings "Spectral Void Reframed (Houston)" (2024) were created during Partenheimer's travels through Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana and reflect the experience of the vastness of the American landscape. Shaped by the seemingly endless expanses of the horizons, the observation of nature in these abstractions refers to the complexity of open spaces.