Untitled, 2011, pencil, Indian ink, watercolour on cardboard, 40 x 170 cm
Courtesy MANZONI SCHÄPER, Berlin and GALERIE EMMANUEL POST Leipzig | Berlin
Miron kindly answered to some questions. The first question, as always, is from the previous artist featured on GUSMEN, let’s start with a question from Olivier Valsecchi:
If your latest piece of work were a song, what would it be?
Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in a major K.101
And we continue with some questions of our own:
What are you focusing on at the moment?
On the hues of green outdoors and the mating call of birds.
Untitled, 2011, pencil, Indian ink, watercolour on cardboard, 140 x 87 cm
Courtesy MANZONI SCHÄPER, Berlin and GALERIE EMMANUEL POST Leipzig | Berlin
How do you work?
I try to evoke an inner conversation with myself and my hands start to translate my thoughts onto the paper. Once I am in the process, I can stop thinking while my hand continues to paint.
How long does it take to create one of your art pieces?
It takes a few days to two months for works on paper and a couple of months for oil paintings.
Untitled, 2011, pencil, Indian ink, watercolour on cardboard, 140 x 118 cm
Courtesy MANZONI SCHÄPER, Berlin and GALERIE EMMANUEL POST Leipzig | Berlin
What’s the last thing that really surprised you?
My mother’s death took me by surprise.
What themes do you pursue?
My works are not narrative in any way. They don’t comment upon any particular, social or political issues. Neither do they offer any obvious solutions. They don’t trade in terms of good and evil but rather in terms of lack and abundance, beauty and ugliness. They directly address the sensory perception of the viewer. I wish they were understood as allegories of the senses. If I had to name the theme of my works, I would say it’s transience.
Untitled, 2011, tempera on canvas on wood, 55 x 75 cm Framed: 72 x 92 cm
Courtesy Private Collection
What is your dream project?
I have quite a few dream projects: to design the stage setting of a Baroque opera with a bucolic theme; to draw insects in the mountain rainforests of Ecuador; etc.
What do you want to achieve in the future?
The age of Methusalem and peace of mind.
Untitled, 2011, tempera on canvas on wood, 40 x 73 cm Framed: 55 x 88 cm
Courtesy MANZONI SCHÄPER, Berlin and GALERIE EMMANUEL POST Leipzig | Berlin [/wide]
Thank you Miron. To see more of Miron Schmückle’s work take a look at his website: www.miron-schmueckle.de
