Publication: Abstracción orgánica : Achtelik reconquistadora de Pollock
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Análisis de la obra de la artista visual alemana contemporánea Nadine Achtelik, que plantea como hipótesis que Jackson Pollock y Achtelik forman parte de la Abstracción orgánica, donde las ideas estéticas de la alemana reflejarían una suerte de reconquista del arte del estadounidense. Para esto, se recurre al método de caso paradigmático de Flyvbjerg (2004), para examinar tres acrílicos de la germana y tres obras del mismo Pollock, como contrafactos. Los principales resultados reflejan que efectivamente en las obras de Achtelik las representaciones de laberintos de intestinos, redes neuronales, estructuras cósmicas y de polvo de estrellas parecieran ser las ideas estéticas principales. En cuanto a la defensa de una reconquista de Pollock por parte de Achtelik, esta se explica remitiendo recuperación a la premisa filosófica de que, más allá de los nuevos estilos y performances que postula la estética posmoderna, este mismo arte termina siendo —en mitad de la abstracción orgánica— un asunto de reconquista de la materia. De este modo, la reconquista es entendida, no como la reapropiación de las ideas de Pollock, sino como la recuperación de su fluidez y de su técnica.
This article analyzes the work of contemporary German visual artist Nadine Achtelik, proposing that both Jackson Pollock and Achtelik can be situated within Organic Abstraction. Within this movement German aesthetic thought is seen as a engaging in a kind of reconquest of the American artist’s visual language. The study applies Flyvbjerg’s (2004) paradigmatic case method, examining three acrylic works by the German artist alongside three by Pollock, treated as counterfacts. The analysis reveals that Achtelik’s paintings evoke representations of intestinal labyrinths, neural networks, cosmic structures, and stardust—motifs that constitute her core aesthetic concerns. As for the notion that Achtelik undertakes a reconquest of Pollock, this can be explained through the recovery of the philosophical premise that, beyond the new styles and performances postulated by postmodern aesthetics, this art ultimately becomes—within the context of Organic Abstraction—a reconquest of matter itself. In this sense, the reconquest is understood not as the reappropriation of Pollock’s ideas, but as a recovery of his fluidity and technique.
This article analyzes the work of contemporary German visual artist Nadine Achtelik, proposing that both Jackson Pollock and Achtelik can be situated within Organic Abstraction. Within this movement German aesthetic thought is seen as a engaging in a kind of reconquest of the American artist’s visual language. The study applies Flyvbjerg’s (2004) paradigmatic case method, examining three acrylic works by the German artist alongside three by Pollock, treated as counterfacts. The analysis reveals that Achtelik’s paintings evoke representations of intestinal labyrinths, neural networks, cosmic structures, and stardust—motifs that constitute her core aesthetic concerns. As for the notion that Achtelik undertakes a reconquest of Pollock, this can be explained through the recovery of the philosophical premise that, beyond the new styles and performances postulated by postmodern aesthetics, this art ultimately becomes—within the context of Organic Abstraction—a reconquest of matter itself. In this sense, the reconquest is understood not as the reappropriation of Pollock’s ideas, but as a recovery of his fluidity and technique.
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Tillería Aqueveque, L. E. (2025). Abstracción orgánica: Achtelik reconquistadora de Pollock. RHS-Revista Humanismo Y Sociedad, 13(2), e9/1–19. https://doi.org/10.22209/rhs.v13n2a09