Mikrogamme / Micrographs
The series of 'Micrograph' drawings was begun in 2005 and has been continued since then. It comprises handwritten copies of philosophical texts, travel journals from the early 19th and 20th century and works of fictional literature. Word by word each text is transcribed in its entirety on a roll of paper, where the single letter has a height of only a few millimeters. The texts remain just about legible in a close view. When looked at from a distance they appear as unevenly structured monochrome abstractions.
From left to right: Kritik der reinen Vernunft / Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant), Wissenschaftslehre / Doctrine of Scientific Knowledge (Johann Gottlieb Fichte), Philosophie der Natur / Philosophy of Nature (Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling), Phänomenologie des Geistes / Phenomenology of mind (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel), pencil on paper, each 134 x 100 cm, 2006/07. Kunsthalle Recklinghausen 2009
From right to left: Last Journals (Robert Falcon Scott), L’Afrique fantôme / Phantom Africa (Michel Leiris), Ansichten der Natur / Views of Nature (Alexander von Humboldt), pencil on paper, each 192,5 x 150 cm, 2008/09. Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 2010
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin), pencil on paper, 192,5 x 150 cm, 2011
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin), pencil on paper, 192,5 x 150 cm, 2011 (detail)
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Levi-Strauss), pencil on paper, 192,5 x 150 cm, 2017
South. The Endurance Expedition (Ernest Shackleton), pencil on paper, 192,5 x 150 cm, 2020
Ad Dyonisium de Burgo Sancti Sepulcri / Ascent of Mont Ventoux (Francesco Petrarca), pencil on paper, 22 x 19 cm, 2021
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (David Hume), pencil on paper, 90 x 70 cm, 2014
A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (George Berkeley), pencil on paper, 90 x 70 cm, 2014
The Advancement of Learning (Francis Bacon), pencil on paper, 110,5 x 90 cm, 2014
An Essay concerning Human Understanding (John Locke), pencil on paper, 162 x 120 cm, 2017
Zur Genealogie der Moral (Friedrich Nietzsche), pencil on paper, 90 x 70 cm, 2019
Philosophische Untersuchungen (Ludwig Wittgenstein), pencil on paper, 109,6 x 90 cm, 2021
Équipée. Voyage au pays du réel (Victor Segalen), pencil on paper, 78 x 60 cm, 2018
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (Laurence Sterne), pencil on paper, 78 x 60 cm, 2018
Berlin Alexanderplatz (Alfred Döblin), pencil on paper, 175,5 x 130,0 cm, 2019
Jakob von Gunten (Robert Walser), pencil on paper, 90 x 70 cm, 2019
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde), pencil on paper, 100 x 80 cm, 2019
Les 120 Journées de Sodome (Donatien Alphonse Francoise de Sade), pencil on paper, 162 x 120 cm, 2021
La chambre claire. Note sur la photographie II (Roland Barthes), pencil on paper, 76 x 60 cm, 2020
Le Musée Imaginaire (André Malraux), pencil on paper, 78 x 60 cm, 2020
Ins Universum der technischen Bilder (Vilém Flusser), pencil on paper, 80 x 60 cm, 2020
