Echoes in Red and Shadow

Description

Title: Echoes in Red and Shadow
Artist: ArNoUx
Year: 2025
Medium: Marker and acrylic on paper
Dimensions: Approximately 4.5 x 6 in. (Half of a 9 x 12 in. sketchbook page)
Style: German Expressionist, Abstract Sketch

Curatorial Note:
Echoes in Red and Shadow is a raw and intuitive sketch that channels the core essence of German Expressionism through spontaneous linework and emotionally charged overlays. Drawn with bold markers and accented with strokes of muted acrylic, ArNoUx creates a multi-faced composition—three profiles merging and overlapping—suggesting motion, duality, or internal dialogue.

The red lines vibrate with urgency, while the black and gray tones ground the image in ambiguity and depth. The layered faces evoke themes of identity, collective consciousness, and fragmented perception. Though small and informal in scale, this sketch resonates with a powerful immediacy—an unfiltered visual thought captured mid-creation.

This piece stands as a testament to the expressive potential of minimal materials and the richness found in artistic play.