Baltrock, Detlef (*1954), Untitled, 1985

Detlef Baltrock(*1954 Stuttgart), Untitled, 1985. Watercolor, 29.5 cm x 21 cm (visible dimensions), 41 cm x 32 cm (frame), signed “Baltrock” lower center and signed “[19]85”, label of Galerie Zellermayer on verso.

- Paper wavy due to watercoloring, frame with slight traces of use

- Association -

Based on the aesthetics of the Rorschach test, we see symmetrical, brown-toned structures that we associate with people. Indeed, on the left, we can recognize a professional and an upper body, while the figure on the right also has anatomical features. With this reinforcement, we can clearly recognize a human figure in the middle. The people on the right are clearly a couple, and the person on the left has turned away from them. Encouraged by these clues, our imagination begins to form a network of relationships between the three figures. However, we are unable to resolve it, which activates our imagination even more.

About the artist

Detlef Baltrock trained as a decorator and studied painting at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts from 1982 to 1988. He has worked as a freelance artist ever since. From 1989 to 1994, he was a lecturer at the Lette-Verein in Berlin, and he has been a lecturer at the Sigmund Freud University in Berlin since 2015. Since the 1980s, his works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions.