'Out of hand lines'
(quote from my
workbook-diaries series 'My second memory', HKH)
THOROUGHLY DRAWINGS, Joseph Beuys.
I would like to limit myself to drawing here, in particular to the drawing idea
of Joseph Beuys.
His searching and exploring hand reveals content while drawing. He tries to
touch the true nature of things by doing, far from having a pre-defined plan of
intent. This is an important source of inspiration.
With a continued hesitating hand, where ambiguity is predominant, he finds his
way in the melting pot of perceptions. An homage to the will to understand and to
the open mind.
The actual drawn trace remaining visible on the paper, brings us a very rich
experience of what is interpreted. Thoroughly feeling, thoroughly thinking, thoroughly
seeing, thoroughly knowing and thoroughly drawing ensure that the sheets
of Joseph Beuys are attempts to bring, in the highest possible intensity, the
comprehensive nature of the subject in the spotlight. This is accompanied by a
lived through, open approach to the drawn, also assuming that reality is always
in a state of motion. These dynamics therefore deliver a very extensive viewing
experience.
Hans
Klein Hofmeijer, 2015
Hans Klein Hofmeijer (NL)
Verzameling van drie
2004
pencil
on paper
44
x 58 cm
Collection
artist
Joseph Beuys
Left: Selbst im Gestein
1955
pencil on paper
25,2 x 38,3 cm
Collection Marx, Berlin
Right:
Plastiken mit Akustik
1957
pencil
on paper
14,5 x 10,4 cm
Hans Klein Hofmeijer (NL)
Studie voor een
landschapsachtige verdieping
2010
pencil
and charcoal on paper
29
x 20 cm
Collection
Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, NL
Joseph Beuys
Left:
Untitled
1954
pencil and watercolor
on paper
14 x 21 cm
Collection Josef W. Fröhlich
Right:
Wärmehülle
1974
pencil on paper
21,5 x 27,5 cm
Private collection
