zwielicht, dionysisch II Print

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Following this well-known concept, the works of me demand of the recipient a particular form of empathy and a co-creative viewing process. Mostly, where something vanishes, something new emerges. Visualised, it is a permanent transitional zone that finds its expression in Hoffmann's use of broken colours. This points significantly beyond the momentariness of a single painting and represents a process that can also be understood as a narrative of a system characterized by permanent change. For in the instant between two states such as light and darkness or warmth and cold, concrete forms also become indistinct – horizon lines or water surfaces appear blurred by diffused light and dissolve in hazy air. But it is right here, at the very heart of the perpetual movement, that a special moment of tranquility and deep understanding can be found. Comprehensive seeing and recognition including an inward view are needed here, enabling the beholder to "pause and let time stand still".