Johannes Brahms

Drawing on kraft paper using charcoal and graphite pencils (black and white), with collage elements and a handwritten quotation by Johannes Brahms; mounted on cardboard. Total size including backing: A3. 2026 The portrait of Johannes Brahms emphasizes restraint and reduction. The calm, measured drawing contrasts with the conceptual weight of the quotation, which points to the act of removal rather than accumulation. The composition reflects a process of refinement, where meaning emerges through limitation. Brahms appears here not as a figure of expansion, but of precision—where music is defined by what is deliberately left unsaid.