Drawings from the series «Modern desire of the uknown»

Installation view, «modern desire of the unknown»
pencil on paper 72×52 cm and 90×68 cm, framed

“The Terrors if the dream
and its delights,
the meeting with the departed,
the untrammeled
sweep of the earth,
the nether world
and the heavens,
the pressure of the needs
of the creature,
the encroachment of the troubles
of the daily life,
….

to mention only a few aspects,
product an ubiquitous fundus
in that world of dreams
upon which is superimposed
a rigid pattern of selections
and restrictions adopted
by the individual civilisation
and adjusted to the cultic
and social standing of the dreamer.

«4# modern desire of the unknown» ink on paper 22×22 cm

«a still fire» 60 x 42 cm, ink on paper, 2019

This pattern derives
its ultimate authority
and unshakable consistency
from what setting of the
waking world which,
by some unknown process,
each civilisation creates
as the only admissible
vehicle of its self-expression.

«untitled» 60 x 42 cm, charcoal on paper, 2019

«house in the woods» 60 x 42 cm, ink on paper, 2020

«laughing horse» 60 x 42 cm, pencil on paper, 2018

The idea of a primary condition
leads to scientific
and philosophical questions
which arerelevant,
although not determining,
but which are too large
and complex to try to understand here.

«smile» 60 x 42 cm, ink on paper, 2018

At the most general
symmetry is the rule
and asymmetry is
the exception.
An artist or an architect can,
of course, use both
or use only asymmetry
…
DONALD JUDD