"This might not be a piece that one would immediately pick but the more I look at it the more it grows on me. "Hessian" is made out of hessian, which is sort of the mother or even grandmother material to canvas. The piece feels very primitive and ancient, almost like the remnants of a hunt. Then of course the carving which seems to be almost lined with blood reminds us too of an abstract drawing, almost like a neanderthaler interpreting an Agnes Martin drawing. Heinzmann is interested in the raw material and he uses it almost as a sculptor. Where Fontana destroyed the canvas he builds up a canvas with different material and leaves it bare. He creates a surface for new painting, a painting that he might leave up to the imagination of the viewer, only providing the canvas for our imagination. What is striking about his minimalism is that it is not sleek or elegant but it is raw, wild and almost frightening. The first thing that came to my mind looking at the work was a serial killer, maybe because I saw Lulu last night which features Jack the Ripper killing Lulu as a last act of love. But it is definitely a serial killer that I would like to live with, it shows us the limit of love."
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