THE ARTWORK
In Klaus Peter Brehmer’s Farbengeographie, a small cartographic image confronts a series of red fields arranged at the bottom of the sheet. Lines, numbers and tonal variations retain the character of an analytical language, in which colour becomes something to read as well as observe.
The composition connects two different ways of organising space: the route of the map and the divisions of the colour scale. The broad light background makes this comparison clearer. The surface retains a sober precision, open to questions about representation and its criteria.
The composition connects two different ways of organising space: the route of the map and the divisions of the colour scale. The broad light background makes this comparison clearer. The surface retains a sober precision, open to questions about representation and its criteria.