Susan Schiesser

Yellow Jacket Pass II

You have difficulties. You are working very hard to overcome them(red tinted ribbons and structures in the lower left corner). It is hard but you know where you are going. And when you think you are out of the woods in the open, the main trouble begins. Because now you need to decide what road to take, what direction to follow. The main trouble is to choose.

François Morellet

at Bernard Jacobson Gallery (Art 43 Basel 2012)

Pi Puissant n1 = 10 14 décimales, 1998

It is hard to choose your path.The straight line is not always the shortest or the best way.The chosen path changes you and your environment.

Camille Bryen

 Camille Bryen at Applicat-Prazan (TEFAF Maastricht 2012)

New York, 1955

New York is a very vibrant and diverse city. There is so much to do and to see(All those small stains and figures). The place is filled with energy(blue tones). People are hustling around.You are getting charged with the surrounding energy(the white stain in the center with blue inlets). You want to hurry somewhere and do something. But there are so many things you can do, you freeze in the middle unsure what is your next move is. You feel alienated, rejected and unwelcome. You reflect your feelings onto the city. You are starting to dislike it(black stains and yellow-green background).

Rosy Keyser

Rosy Keyser at Peter Blum Gallery

Folk Conjugation, 2007

You know how you should proceed. You have a clear path ahead of you(the bright branches from the lower left corner to the upper right middle). You even have an alternative plan. It is more risky, but it looks more interesting (the bright branches from the lower right corner). You know that all. But strangely you are extremely attractive to an unknown way (the bright spots behind the branches in the lower left corner). You don't know how it is going to end. It is scary to go where nobody went before. But the unknown lures you in. The desire is so strong, you can't resist it.

Mark Kurdziel

Mark Kurdziel at Walter Wickiser Gallery

Animals in Landscape, 2002

Choices we made change the path of life we are moving on. You can start from yellow figures in the lower left corner, and your faith will take you over the water straight up into the sunrise. Or you can take a path along the edge between the blue deep waters and green shore.That path is covered in brown(common sense) and grey(doubt). The analysis of the world as a reflection in the water (in the center) takes you to the next level(upper right corner). This new level opens up in the clouds of doubt and uncertainty (the grey background layer). There you can go to the sunrise or keep exploring. And the game never ends.

Joaquin Torres Garcia

Joaquin Torres-Garcia at Adler & Conkright Fine Art Gallery (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Composicion Constructiva

Everything has its limits and expiration dates. Voyages, plants, history, people. The Time has limits. Even things that you think are constant are to end some time (the anchor). So the key (the key in the center :) is to be philosophical (the bottle above) and to choose wisely (the stack above the bottle) what are you going to keep and cherish (the jar in the upper right corner).

Yehudit Sasportas

Yehudit Sasportas at Galerie Eigen + Art Berlin (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Freedom evolves

Freedom is the right to choose. You are choosing the directions. You are the director of the play, called "Your Life". When you have freedom, you have to work hard, because you are the director, the script writer and the backstage worker. And you have to defend your freedom from the outside attacks that want to slash it to pieces (white diagonal lines) and from the inside inertia (the black bush in the center). The freedom is like muscles, the more you exercise it the more you can do. 

Weekend Edition 8

Camille Pissarro

The Boulevard Montmartre at Night

The night. It's time for entertainment. There are so many welcoming lights trying to seduce you, to pull you in. But there are too many lights. You are going from one light to another. The next light looks prettier than the previous. It's too many choices. You can't pick, because you are afraid to make a mistake. You are ready to pick a light but what if the best ever light comes along? Eventually you didn't go anywhere, trying to find the best place. It leaves you dark, empty and lonely.

Ernst Caramelle

Caramelle Ernst at Galerie nächst St. Stephan (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Final Cut

You are in the dead end. You are lost. The cold white walls seem to grow sharp corners and edges. You have two choices to get out. One - an easy one into the despair of the night(middle left). It is easy for you now, but you know you will be paying for that for a long long time. The other exist is to cut. To open up the wound and let the blood flow(middle bottom to middle right). It will be painful and hard, but at the end you will get the welcoming warm sun of the day(upper right).