By Lisette Schumacher
150 × 110 cm, 2019
Mixed media

From the series Sainte Marie de la Tourette

This large painting is part of Lisette Schumacher’s acclaimed Crypt series, based on her overnight stay at the Sainte Marie de la Tourette monastery near Lyon, one of Le Corbusier’s most spiritual architectural projects.

During her stay, Lisette spent hours studying the monastery’s crypt, paying close attention to how light interacts with concrete, shadow, silence and time. The stark contrasts between darkness and the filtered natural light inspired a series of abstract works that evoke a sense of stillness and depth.

In this work, the vertical colour fields echo the vertical slits of light that pierce through the space, while the gradients reflect the slow transitions your eyes experience when adjusting to dim light. Like much of Lisette’s practice, it balances observation and memory with formal material research.

Personal delivery and installation within the Netherlands and Belgium are included with this work.