ephemeral
Artists and collectors are obsessed with permanence, the desire to pass
present achievements on to the future. Excellent ambition, but limited.
We, and all things, are mortal. There is a special resonance in our own
lives for works that are intrinsically ephemeral. Erasure, for instance,
has qualities that we do not suspect until we begin to remove as well
as to place.
deep time
Much of the imagery in my work echoes our original beginnings, the cave drawings and petroglyphs of our most distant ancestors. In spite of modern scholarship most people seem to have very limited notions of our location in deep time . Any expansion of a more realistic sense of place in the vast stream of creative effort, of a broader feel for our place in human evolution, enlarges the spirit.
visitors ask questions
Students asked questions during the process performance. Q: Why do all the animals face the same direction? A: Ich weiss nicht. I never noticed. Maybe from now on they will start turning around.
drawing and erasing
As the drawing proceeds it expands and becomes denser. Images emerge, perhaps from dreams, from ancient glyphs and cave paintings. The origins of the creative imagination are invoked. Finn again wakes.
Kulturforum Schloss Plön : July 2009
Natur in der Kunst : a series of exhibitions is curated by Valentin Rothmaler. Among the exhibits Robert Janz performs a process drawing. A 3 meter section of the wall has been painted black on which Janz draws at irregular intervals with chalk. The work evolves slowly: Janz draws and erases. The process proceeds more or less daily. At the end the final erasure returns the black wall to its original empty state. 5 July to 9 August. Kulturforum Schwimmhalle Schloss Plön North Germany.
Kulturforum Schloss Plön : introduction
5 July 09 Plön : Speaches at the Ausstellung, introduction by the Curator Valenin Rothmaler.
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