Seated Figure - Silent Monumentalism
Digital Study - Seated Man
Silent Monumentalism
Pieter Lategan
1 March 2026
Pieter Lategan Dialogue about Silent Monumentalism - 19 February 2026
Silent Monumentalism — A Dialogue with Form, Space, and Presence Pieter Lategan, Silent Monument (Structural Study) , digital image, February 2026 by Pieter Lategan Silent Monumentalism is not a style. It is a way of thinking — a way of seeing before there is a picture, before there is narrative, before there is explanation. I did not start with images. I started with questions : Why do forms matter? Why does space matter? What happens when meaning does not rush in to explain? In my work, form and space are not separate. They are one conversation . The form is shaped by space, and the space becomes visible because of the form. They exist together, not as object plus background, but as presence — a presence that invites the viewer to simply be . This is not a story. This is not decoration. This is not a message. This is what happens when art stops speaking and begins to stand . Presence Before Meaning Most art pushes toward explanation — this is what it is, this is...
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