ROBERT
JANITZ
Looking
for
Something
in
You,
but
Going
to
Change
Everything
Around
You
9 May 2023
»You could see it as a meta painting where instead of making brush
marks with a paintbrush, I just select specific paintings and construct
this kind of larger painting.«
»You could see it as
a meta painting where instead
of making brush marks with a paintbrush, I just select specific paintings and construct this kind of larger painting.«
Robert Janitz’s unique language of abstract painting is based on a restricted vocabulary of elements: gradient backgrounds and vertical stripes that reflect a steady and methodical movement against their surfaces. The gestural traces of Janitz’s forms operate according to complementary sets of limits – the edge of each canvas and the reach of an individual body. As if constantly grasping at his own physical extremities, Janitz was able to completely reimagine the relationship between background and foreground, ultimately doing away with their distinction almost entirely.
