Diptych Words and Views I
Words and Views I-II Fragmente einer Sprache der Liebe
Diptychon, Berlin 2012
277 x 140 cm, coloured Ingres paper, pencil, ink on paper

detail from Piece For Words and Views I – XXXVI
Installation View 36 drawings, Berlin 2012,
ca 3 m x 24 m

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Piece for Words and Views XXXIII, 2012
colored vellum, ingres paper, pencil and ink on watercolor paper
80 x 180 cm

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Piece for Words and Views XXXVI,
2012 colored vellum, ingres paper, pencil and ink on watercolor paper
80 x 180 cm

all drawings courtesy of the artist

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I mentioned the work of Berlin-based artist JORINDE VOIGT before, and with two shows opening this month, the first at David Nolan Gallery in New York and the second at Lisson Gallery in London, and being one of the three nominees for the 2012 Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation’s drawing prize, she has manifestly matured into one of the best artist who attempts to measure the invisible in intense algorithmic detail.

Employing concepts and terms from subjects varying from music, to philosophy, to mathematics, her large-scale drawings which incorporate color, form, movement, melody, rhythm, imagination, notation and collage, evoke the atmosphere of a rare moment, depicting the multiplicity inherent in concepts of time, space and speed.

ROLAND BARTHES’ book, A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments inspired VOIGT to create a series of 36 collaged drawings entitled, Piece for Words and Views (see above). Each drawing contains collage elements cut to represent words and ideas in Barthes’ book, thus recreating the central tenets of semiotics: signifier and signified. These representations are then linked to elements such as melody, rotation speed, and a new elaboration of the concept of time: the day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow → ∞, repeat/year.

JORINDE VOIGT’s work can be seen at David Nolan Gallery in New York until April 28, 2012  and at Lisson Gallery, London, from March 21 to April 28.