Crossing Over
Crossing Over brings together the various drawing techniques Denise Schellmann has developed over the past years. Each sheet is a kaleidoscope of the invisible. At its centre stands a condensation, a formal motif that descends from the Black Hole series of her years collaborating with CERN (2016–2019). The title Crossing Over is borrowed from genetics, where it names the process in which the exchange of chromosome segments creates something entirely new.
Denise Schellmann, “Crossing Over IX”, 2025. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 36.7 × 59.4 cm.
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Denise Schellmann, “Crossing Over VI”, 2025. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 36.7 × 59.4 cm.
Denise Schellmann, “Black Hole Black I”, 2025. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 36.6 × 59.4 cm.
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Denise Schellmann, “Crossing Over V”, 2024. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 29.7 × 42 cm.
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Denise Schellmann, “Crossing Over III”, 2021. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 51.7 × 83.6 cm.
Denise Schellmann, “Caterpillow I”, 2021. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 21 × 29.7 cm.
Denise Schellmann, “Caterpillow II”, 2021. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 42 × 59.4 cm.
Denise Schellmann, “Black Hole III”, 2019. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 42 × 59.4 cm.
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Denise Schellmann, “Black Hole IV”, 2019. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 42 × 59.4 cm.
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Denise Schellmann, “Black Hole V”, 2019. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 42 × 59.4 cm.
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Denise Schellmann, “Black Hole VII”, 2019. Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, 84.2 × 119 cm.