In October and November I worked on an underground canvas for a new work. I used two shades of blue, white as well as a substrate for embedding rust dust and larger rusty metal pieces, which I brought from Malta last year.
The drying then took four days.
On Thursday, I kept reading Leonard Cohen's death, while I was standing next to myself on this unfinished work, and I was watching myself. In these moments I realized that this blue background is life. Pure life. Optimism and confidence. The rotting metal, all rust is past, transience, death.
These emotions belong together.
In radioeins followed songs by Leonard Cohen, and I knew: this is the picture of my favorite song from Cohen - "The Future". I finished it with two verses of the song on the screen.
To add to that, I like to listen to Bob Dylan. Dylan has always been unapproachable to me; A person who knows and teaches, as a person barely tangible.
Cohen, on the other hand, touches my heart, some songs throw up regular feeling bubbles. You are touched, deeply moved !
PS: Here the music video for "The Future": www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97OxHZzBeQ
XXI 1 - The Future by Uli Lächelt is a compelling painting that confronts viewers with a textured, almost tactile surface layered with muted grays and whites. The composition is punctuated by scattered fragments that evoke a sense of fragmentation and decay, enhancing the work’s somber mood. At the center, the stark inscription "I'VE SEEN THE FUTURE, BROTHER IT IS MURDER" delivers a powerful, unsettling message that resonates with themes of foreboding and existential reflection. This painting’s raw, expressive quality invites contemplation on the darker aspects of what lies ahead, making it a poignant and thought-provoking piece within contemporary art discourse.
