Isa Melsheimer Nr. 463, 2020

From a new series of large-scale gouaches, this work depicts the interior of an otherwise sparsely furnished building with a large window front. The image draws on a project by the Dutch architecture firm Inside Outside that in 2011-12 introduced several textile and landscape interventions into the celebrated Maison Bordeaux originally constructed in 1994-98 by Rem Koolhaas' firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture, known as OMA. Red and pink drapery on the left side of the drawing contrast with the light blue of what the viewer assumes is the sky. While recognizable as an interior space, as the grey area on top implies a concrete ceiling, the work has an abstract sensibility.