Piet Mondriaan
Victory Boogie Woogie
1942-1944
127,5 x 127,5 cm
oil paint/tape/paper/charcoal/pencil on canvas (unfinished)
The work of Piet Mondriaan is a strong inspiration to me, based on the amazement for the natural coherence of things and to express this in purely visual terms.
In his work, I recognise the constructive nature with the natural order as its basis, his search for the 'higher', going further and further into the 'depth' in order to express the true feeling of life.
The painting 'Victory Boogie Woogie' is the last painting Mondriaan worked on and which remained unfinished due to his death.
The work reflects his expectation and hope for a swift end to WW2 and the accompanying joy of imminent victory. A work full of rhythm, movement and positive energy, full of hope for better times.
In my recently completed work 'Broken pieces turn to something new', there is also a dancing interplay of separate parts that, like a kind of 'big bang', seek a new coherence and in their lightness express a hope and a desire for a better future. A world in the making.
Toon Laurense, August 2022
Toon Laurense (NL)
