view additional image 1
View in a Room ArtworkView in a Room Background
1288 Views
14

VIEW IN MY ROOM

ONE LINE STUDY SERIE 2 - BLACK SECTION N° 8 Drawing

John Franzen

Netherlands

Drawing, Graphite on Paper

Size: 59.1 W x 20.1 H x 0.4 D in

Ships in a Crate

info-circle
SOLD
Originally listed for $760
Primary imagePrimary imagePrimary imagePrimary imagePrimary image Trustpilot Score
1288 Views
14

Artist Recognition

link - Featured in One to Watch

Featured in One to Watch

link - Featured in Rising Stars

Featured in Rising Stars

link - Artist featured in a collection

Artist featured in a collection

About The Artwork

ONE LINE One of the most fundamental elements of art is the line. It dedicates exclusively to the initial origin of the image itself. The line becomes a glorification and icon of the initial and fundamental form, act and force in hist essence of artistically creation itself. It is the measuring meter of art - The genetical code of artistically creation. ONE LINE is related to EACH LINE ONE BREATH, where i am drawing repetitively thousand of lines next to each other, to achieve a transcendence trough the constantly act of repeating motor function, simultaneously breathing and and bare zero-point concentration on the negative space of the line and myself. The second state of purificating the concept and meaning of that work, was to reduce the creational act, the form and my mindset to a very basic level. One Line - one mind - one moment - one act. "When I draw, I reduce myself, the motif and technique to the basest form of drawing to achieve an all-encompassing state of being „Human-Universe-Executer“. I draw the void around the line. I am focusing on the negative space around the line which ultimately represents the line in its truest form. My mind is clear, I feel my consciousness, my thoughts, my body and the world in and around me. I become the mere moment. There is only this one moment. Every time the same moment. Everywhere the same space. Everything else continues to noisily stream while I remain content in the fluidity of the present. Thoughts are never louder nor feelings more profound than in this contiguous state. My focus transcens into bare presence. Personality becomes formless and nameless. With each breath such emptiness is filled more and more. With every line I become closer to my real origin…" I am striving to use ever-simpler forms to reach peoples inner selves and complex thoughts. Simplicity leads to emptiness, the space where peoples minds reside. In the japanese culture of Zen it called „Ensō“. It represents a moment when the mind is free and the mind and body are not restricted in their creative process. Here, there is no way of amendment: The Ensō shows the state of mind at the moment of creation. Shi Tao (Shih T'ao / Taochi) formulated it as a „principle of one holistic brushstroke as a medium for the articulation of a non-dualistic cosmos. The draw-whrite-act as a meditation in which the human-universe-executer and the observer will achieve a kind of inner-worldly transcendence.“

Details & Dimensions

Drawing:Graphite on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:59.1 W x 20.1 H x 0.4 D in

Shipping & Returns

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.

BIO: John Franzen (1981) was born in Aachen, Germany. Both parents were nurses. With 7 years he grew up in Belgium. Later he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, Netherlands 2002-2007, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Working in various disciplines and materials, he focuses on the theme and production of complex frames of concepts with the focus of the inherent primordiality. He lives and works in Maastricht, Netherlands and as an artist and conceptor. ARTIST STATEMENT: An artist in his true nature is made of incomprehensible multitudes; he is the untidy culmination of a shaman who is not believing but praying, a scientist who is not searching but analyzing, an engineer who is not building but inventing, and a child who is not playing but dreaming. He exists in the paradoxical state of attempting to capture his own vast inner perceptions of reality in the confines of the outer world. His artwork is mystic ritual, scientific model and applied philosophy. His process may be compared to how priests or shamans work while praying. His art springs forth in a way similar to the emergence of holy offerings, that is, from a deep internalization of and total commitment to the unknowable source of everything. Despite this comparison, Franzen’s work remains immanently non-religious. While his process and product may be relatable to religious performance, his muse is rather the concept of the ‘Human-Universe-Executer.’ The ‘Human-Universe-Executer’ can create ad infinitum from the pure energy which he attempts to command. One act, one stroke, one move represent, in essence, all creation. Each further act is merely a repetition of the first and considered redundant. The artist must wrestle with how to accurately convey the fact that the urge to create is, rather than being inconsistent with nihilism, is intimately allied with it. Shi Tao formulated the principle of one holistic brushstroke as a medium for the articulation of a non-dualistic cosmos. According to this principle, the ‘Human-Universe-Executer’ and the observer achieve a kind of transcendence through the creational act. The one act is thus the most central concept upon which the work relies. In turn, his work reflects the void as source and muse of life itself. Franzen’s art can be seen as a spiritual mindset or mystical conception which has been adapted from Japanese Taoist and Zen philosophy.

Artist Recognition

Featured in One to Watch

Featured in Saatchi Art's curated series, One To Watch

Featured in Rising Stars

Handpicked by Saatchi Art's Chief Curator for our most prestigious feature, Rising Stars

Artist featured in a collection

Artist featured by Saatchi Art in a collection

Thousands Of Five-Star Reviews

We deliver world-class customer service to all of our art buyers.

globe

Global Selection

Explore an unparalleled artwork selection by artists from around the world.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Our 14-day satisfaction guarantee allows you to buy with confidence.

Support An Artist With Every Purchase

We pay our artists more on every sale than other galleries.

Need More Help?

Enjoy Complimentary Art Advisory Contact Customer Support