Intermezzo

Intermezzo. Only the crack reveals what shines beneath.

Built up from Bologna and Rügen chalk in white, grey and black — a rough, almost stone-like surface, crossed by a crack like an old wound that never quite closed. Right where the surface breaks, 24-karat gold leaf and silver leaf come through, as if they had always been waiting beneath, for exactly this moment. A second, smaller gold accent further up has nothing to do with the crack — it was simply always there, on its own.

An original abstract painting from the Echoes phase, 120 x 100 cm, Bologna and Rügen chalk, acrylic paint, 24-karat gold leaf and silver leaf on canvas — a second accent of gold that never needed a crack to shine.