Urban Fossils - The Revisited Utopia III: Leipzig
Digital on Metal
31x31in
$3,060
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Marcel van Beek
Germany
Artist highlights
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Printing : Digital on Metal , Metal
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 31.5x31.5in
- Edition : 1 / 15
- Artist's proof : 1
About this artwork
In "Black Hole II" from the series "Cityscapes in Minor Key," I encounter the city as something that can disappear—not through demolition, but through overgrowth. A group of dilapidated, gabled buildings stands like a forgotten fragment in the urban fabric, and greenery takes over: it pushes, envelops, and swallows edges and pathways. The architecture remains visible, but it already seems half-absorbed, as if it has transitioned into another state…
of matter.
I call it a "black hole" because an entire place is absorbed. The gaze is directed forward—along a narrow, grassy path—but it doesn't end at a destination, only in uncertainty. The supposed center is dark, empty, riddled with holes: window sockets, skeletons, a silence that is anything but idyllic. The coloring remains deliberately muted, "minor key." A quiet, persistent tension exists between city and wilderness, order and deprivation, a presence that is already becoming inaccessible.
I call it a "black hole" because an entire place is absorbed. The gaze is directed forward—along a narrow, grassy path—but it doesn't end at a destination, only in uncertainty. The supposed center is dark, empty, riddled with holes: window sockets, skeletons, a silence that is anything but idyllic. The coloring remains deliberately muted, "minor key." A quiet, persistent tension exists between city and wilderness, order and deprivation, a presence that is already becoming inaccessible.
Marcel van Beek
Germany
Credentials
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
Marcel van Beek works with photography, painting, and graphic design, drawing on his artistic background from his studies at the Alanus University of Art and Social Sciences. His technique combines pictorialist influences with romantic-symbolist imagery. His photographs embody contemporary fine art photography and conceptual photography, often featuring monochrome recolors in tertiary colors.
He creates a poetic visual language interested in forms and structures, combining this with a modern, conceptual approach that claims social relevance. In his works, he explores inner and outer landscapes, conveying feelings of longing and threat, as well as a fascination with the hidden. He has published various art publications (most recently "World of Water," 2025), which are represented internationally in academy and museum libraries (including Vienna, Basel, Düsseldorf, and Berlin).
More: www.marcelvanbeek.de
He creates a poetic visual language interested in forms and structures, combining this with a modern, conceptual approach that claims social relevance. In his works, he explores inner and outer landscapes, conveying feelings of longing and threat, as well as a fascination with the hidden. He has published various art publications (most recently "World of Water," 2025), which are represented internationally in academy and museum libraries (including Vienna, Basel, Düsseldorf, and Berlin).
More: www.marcelvanbeek.de
Marcel van Beek
Schwarzes Loch II
$3,060
