Harald Kröner’s series “Schnittzeichnungen (Sectional Drawings)” unfolds its impact through strict reduction and a precise examination of materials. The small-scale works originate from previously worked paper sheets that are cut, rearranged, and composed into multilayered overlays.
From these stratifications, a subtle spatial effect emerges, defined by transparency, density, and shadow, in which the paper itself becomes a carrier of intervention, time, and chance.
In contrast to this finely articulated material structure, individually applied dark, freehand lines introduce graphic accents that remain fragmentary, occasionally evoking horizons or landscape-like references without ever becoming definitive. This creates a tension between constructive order and intuitive gesture, giving the works a calm yet densely layered spatial presence. The viewer’s gaze is repeatedly drawn into the superimposed layers, where it lingers, without the image ever fully resolving into a fixed or conclusive pictorial space. More
